4 ' 4 No. 652. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1837. PRICE 41 d. UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION!!! GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, AT THE TOWN HALL, IN AID OF THE BUILDING FUND OF THE BIRMINGHAM MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. M R S. A. S H A W, Who caused such extraordinary sensation at the late Musical Festival; MR. B R A HAM, MR. MACHIN, AND MR. HARRISON. THE COMMITTEE of the MECHANICS' IN- STITUTION beg most respectfully to announce to the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood, that A GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL C ONCER T, will take place in furtherance of the above most desirable object, in THE TOWN HALL, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, for which occasion they have engaged MRS. A. SHA W, of the Nobilities' Concerts, London, who will sing several of the Pieces in which she was so rapturously encored at the late Festival; MR. BRAHAM, his first appearance these three years, will also sing several of his most celebrated Airs and Duetts; MR. MACHIN, in several of his most effective performances; and MR. HARRISON, of Lichfield, who has kindly offered his services, in one of his favourite Solos and Trios. LEADER MR. SHARGOOL. Mr. G. HOLLINS will Preside at the ORGAN. CONDUCTOR MR. MUNDEN, who presents his most valuable services, and in orjler to give full effect to the various PIECES which will be introduced, a complete and select BAND has been engaged, under the able direction of MR. T. FLETCHER. Other ar- rangements of a corresponding character are in progress, the particulars of which will shortly appear. Admission to the Floor, 2s. 6d. Great Gallery, 4s.; and to Secured Seats in the Side Galleries and Centre of the Great Gallery, 5s. Parties desirous of securing seats are requested to make early application at Mr. FLETCHER'S Music Saloon, 31 Temple- row. Tickets are now ready, and may be had at most of the Booksellers and Music Shops, and at the Newspaper Offices BOOT AND SHOE MART, 99, HIGH- STREET, BETWEEN THE SWAN YARD AND PHILIP- STREET, BIRMINGHAM. BOSTOCK and MATTHEWS, wholesale Manu- facturers of Boots and Shoes, in Staffordshire and Northampton, most respectfully inform the inhabitants of Birmingham and its vicinity, that in addition to their Whole- sale Business, lately conducted in Union- street, they have opened the above Retail Warehouse, with a most exten- sive and fashionable Assortment of BOOTS and SHOES. B. and M. having no desire to obtain a temporary popu- larity by means which are frequently adopted in the present times, of pretending to extraordinary advantages which they do not possess, they beg respectfully to call the attention ol the public to the following facts: 1. They are as extensive Manufacturers of Boots and Shoes as any House in the Trade. 2. They devote their entire personal care and attention to the manufacturing of Boots and Shoes. 3. Their different manufactories are situated in the towns most celebrated for each particular description, namely, at Northampton for Gentlemen's, Youths', and Boys'; and at Stafford and Stone for Ladies', Girls', and Child- ren's Boots atrd Shoes. On these grounds they are fully prepared artd able to meet all competition; and by uniformly offering a good and fashionable article at the lowest remunerating price, they confidently rely on public support. 99, High- street. *** OBSERVE THE LARGE CLOTH BOOT IN THE WINDOW. PT\ HE AVidow and Orphans of a Deceased Officer, 1- whose ca= e was submitted to the consideration of the Officers of the 73rd Regiment, most gratefully acknowledge the receipt of Six Pounds, Seven Shillings, and Sixpence, remitted by the Officers of that Regiment, and Assistant Commissary General Tweddell, for which they return most sincere thanks. TO CUT NAIL MAKERS. WANTED a good Workman in the above line.— Apply at No. 10, King Edward's- place. No one need apply who has not had experience in the trade. TO CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. PERSONS desirous of supplying the Town In- firmary with DRUGS, & e., for six months, com- mencing December 25th, and terminating June 25th next, are requested to send in sealed Tenders, and samples of the leading articles, of the best quality, on or before Monday, the 4th of December, addressed to the Medical Committee. Lists of the articles, and specifications of the quantities required for the above period, may be had on application to the House Surgeon. N. B. The Committee do not engage to accept the lowest tender. Birmingham Town Infirmary, Nov. 20, 1837. TWENTY GUINEAS REWARD. BURGLARY. WHEREAS, very early on Tuesday morning last, the 21st of November, the House of Mr. GEORGE WHATELEY, Oak Hill, Handsworth, was broken into, by forcing an entrance through the cellar window, and about NINE DOZEN of PORT WINE, TWO BOTTLES of M A D E I R A, artd TWO SIX- PARTITION BASKETS were Stolen. Seven dozen and a half of the Port Wine were sealed with a red seal, bearing the im- pression " Cockburn and Co., Port." The remainder of the Port Wine was sealed with a black seal, bearing the impression " Barlow and Clarke, Port;" and the two bot- les of Madeira were sealed with a black seal, bearing the impression, " Chalie and Richards." Whoever will give such information as shall lead to the detection of the thieves, may, upon their conviction, receive the Reward of Twenty Guineas, on application to Mr. GEORGE WHATELEY, and if any one concerned in the Rob- bery will IMPEACH HIS ACCOMPLICES, he will be entitled to the same reward, and every means will be used to obtain for him a FREE PA RDON. Oak Hill, Handsworth, November 22, 1837. THEATRE ROYAL, BIRMINGHAM. UNRIVALLED MUSICAL ATTRACTION! POSITIVELY FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. MORI'S CONCERT. MONSIEUR THALBERG, THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMER ON THE PIANO- FORTF. MISS F. WOOD HAM. MR. PARRY, JUN. MR. MORI, WHO has the honour- to announce, that he w ill give a GRAND CONCERT, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, November 29th, 1837. To begin at half- past seven o'clock. Doors open at half- past six. MONSIEUR THALBERG, ( The extraordinary Pianist,) will make his first public appear- ance in Birmingham, and perform some of his most cele- brated Pieces, viz. : a GRAND FANTASIA, introduc- ing the Natioiral Melodies, God save the Queen, and Rule Britannia-, and a GRAND FANTASIA on Themes from Meyerbeer's celebrated Opera of Les Huguenots, and performed by him in the presence of Her Most Gracious Majesty. MISS F. WOODHAM, Of the Court atrd Nobilities' Concerts, London, will sing several admired Airs and Duets. MR. PARRY, JUN., Of the Philharmonic, Ancient, and Nobilities' Concerts, London, will sing a choice selection of Italian and English Music. MR. MORI Will perform two admired Solos, and a Grand Duet with Mons. THALBERG. CONDUCTOR, MR. LAVENU. In order to render M. THAIBERG'S performance as effec- tive as possible, one of ERARD'S New Patent Grand Piano- fortes will be brought expressly from London for this occasion. Tickets and Places to be had of Messrs. MUNDEN and CAMERON, 70, New- street, where the Box Plan will be kept until the morning of Tuesday next, the 28th instant, when it will be removed to the BOX- OFFICE of the Theatre, where places may be taken on that day and Wednesday the 29th instant, on application to Mr. CHARLES MELLON. Tickets may also be had at Messrs. SABIN'S, FLETCHER'S, FLAVELL'S, and SHARGOOL'S. Lower Boxes, ^ s. ; Upper Boxes, 4s.; Pit, 3s.; Gal- lery, Is. 6d. Programmes at all the Music Shops. A limited number of Reserved Seats ( upon the plan of the London Concerts) on the Stage, at 7s. 6d., at the back of the Piano- forte, for those who wish to see Mons. THAL- BEKG'S splendid performance. MARRIAGES. NOTICE is hereby given, that a separate building, named the " GENERAL BAPTIST CHAPEL,' situated in Lombard- street, Deritend, in the Parish of Aston, in the county of Warwick, in the district of the Aston Union ; being a building certified according to law as a place of religious worship, was on the eighteenth day of November, 1837, duly registered for solemnising mar- riages therein, pursuant to the act of 6th and 7th Win. IV., c. 85. Witness my hand, this twenty- second day of Novem- ber, 1837. ENOCH PEARSON, Superintendent Registrar. Register- office, Aston- road. ORGAN. TO BE DISPOSED OF, an excellent ORGAN, built by the late celebrated Mr. ELLIOTT, of London, one of the parties who constructed the gigantic instrument in the Town Hall, Birmingham, suitable to a small church or chapel, having four stops, namely, Open Diapason to gamut G.; Stop Diapason, Principal and Fifteenth, with shifting movement to take off all but the Stop Diapason by means of a pedal; full scale from G. G. to F. in alto, in case painted to resemble mahogany, with branches for candles. In excellent condition. Price Eighty Guineas. The height is 9 feet 8 inches, the depth 2 feet 6 inches, and the width 5 feet 10 inches. Apply, if by letter, post paid, to Mr. GREATOREX, Profes- sor of Music, Burton- upon- Trent. A £ 25 CLUB WILL re- commence at the FALSTAFF, Weaman- street, on Wednesday, December 13. Any person becoming a member will much oblige their obedient servant, W. BELLAMY. TO NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, SPORTSMEN, AND GUN- MAKERS. SWALKER, PERCUSSION CAP MAKER, to - • Her Majesty's Honourable Board of Ordnance, begs most respectfully to inform her numerous Friends, and the Public generally, that she has DISSOLVED PARTNERSHIP with her Son, and that she will con- tinue to carry on the Percussion Cap Business in all its branches. S. WALKER'S Caps have been known and approved of by the Sporting world for more than sixteen years, and she can with confidence assure them every exertion shall be made, this seventeenth season, to render them still superior to any yet manufactured. Sold in Boxes of 250 and 500 each, by most of the respect- able Gun- makers and Gunpowder Dealers throughout the United Kingdom. MANUFACTORY, No. 12, LEGGE- STREET, BIRMINGHAM. Agents for Edinburgh— J. and R. Itaimes, Leith- walk. Agents for Dublin— J. H. and J. Perry, 27, Pill- lane ; and Messrs. Saunders and Gatchells, Gunpowder Office, 6 and 7, Mountrath- street, Dublin. CHEMICALLY PREPARED GUN WADDING Manufactured upon an Improved Principle by S. WALKER, Military Percussion Cap Maker to Her Majesty's Honour- able Board of Ordnance, 12, LEGGE STREET, BIRMINGHAM. rr-' HIS Wadding will be found superior to any J- now in use, as it not only cleans the' barrel every time it is used, but, through the chemical properties of the oily composition with which it is impregnated, the lead is removed as quickly as deposited. Sold in bags,' containing500 each, price 5s., by all respect- able Gun Makers in the United Kingdom ; where also may be had S. Walker's Improved Anti- Cofrosive Percussion Caps. Agents for. Dublin— Messrs. Saunders and Gatchell, 6 and 7, Mountrath- street. Agents for Edinburgh— J. and R. Rairnes, Leith- walk. GUN MANUFACTORY, No. IS, SNOW- HILL. BIRMINGHAM. JOSEPH KEMP takes this opportunity to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Sportsmen in general, that in consequence of having taken to the retail and private trade of the the firm of " R. WHEELER and SON, Gun atrd Pistol Makers, Birmingham," he has on hand a Stock of very superior GUNS, & c., of their manufacturing, which having been made under J. K.' ssuperintendance, during the time ire represented the above firm, he can warrant thern to be excellent for shooting, and of first- rate workmanship. J. K. having taken the above Stock on very advantageous terms, and being desirous to dispose of the same as quickly as possible, will sell them much under their usual prices. J. K. has likewise a Stock of Powder and Shot, chemically prepared and other Wadding, Caps, and every description of Sporting Apparatus of the very best quality. ROBERT WHEELER and SON, Gun, Pistol, and Sword Makers, present their best thanks to the Nobility and Gentry, for the great patronage they have received, and beg to inform them, that in order to enable them to devote more attention to their wholesale business, they have dis- posed of their retail trade to Mr. JOSEPH KEMP, who for many years superintended that department, and they doubt not will, from his experience, give every satisfaction. ROBERT WHEELER and SON cannot omit this opportunity also to return their respectful thanks to the Merchants, Factors, & c., who have so long favoured them with their orders and confidence, and beg to solicit a con- tinuance of them, which will at all times have their best attention. Snow- hill, 20th September, 1837. NOTICE is hereby given, that application is in- tended to be made to Parliament in the next session, for an Act to establish a Court in the Town of Ashby- de- la- Zouch, in the county of Leicester, for tire Recovery of Small Debts within the said town, and within the following places, namely: — Appleby, Austrey, Blackfordby, Bretby or Bradby, Boo- thorpe, Breedon- on- the- Hill, Coleorton, Chilcote, Caulke, Coton- in- the- Elms, Clifton- Campville, Cauldwell, Donis- thorpe, Edingale, Foremark, Church Gresley, Castle Gres- ley, Grendon, Gopsall, Hugglescote, Hartshorne, Heather, Harliston, Haunton, Ingleby, Ibstock, Lount, Lullington, Linton, Measham, Melbourne, Milton, Moira, Netherseal, Newlrall, King's Newton, Normanton • on - the- Heath, Newton Netlrercote, Ne. vton Burgoland, Newton- in- the- Thistles, Newton Solney, Overseal, Osgathorpe, Oakthorpe, Orton- on- the- Hill, Odstone, Packing'on, Poleswortb, Repton, Ravenstone, Rosliston, Stapenhill, Smisby, Swep- stone, Swanington, Shackerstone, Stanton- by- Bridge, Stanton- by. Burton, Swarkestone, Snarestone, Snibstone, Stretton - en - le - Fields, Staunton Harold, Swadlincote, Sibson, Ticknall, Twycross, Thiingstone,' Willesley, Whit- wick, Worthington, Waltorr- upon- Trent, and Wooden- Box, in the counties of Leicester, Derby, Warwick, and Stafford ; arid to fix and regulate the rates or fees to be taken by the officers of the said Court. Dated this second day of . November, 1837. THOMAS PIDDOCKE, Solicitor, Ashby- de- la- Zouch, Leicestershire. A pleasing exterior is the first letter of recommendation. — LORD CHESTERFIELD. IN considering the testaceous tribes, it is not the animals themselves, but their clothing ( the shells) that we chiefly regard. So, in our thoughts respecting men, we nldom go little beyond their external covering. Dress may be neglected by the sloven, despised by the lofty speculator, and overlooked by many who have never given it any reflection, but none besides the hermit can safely profess to be independent of it; hence, since dress is thus important, and unavoidably enters into the estimates we are accustomed to form of each other, it can never be but a matter of the first consequence in the economy of nature. In the recollection of our friends how much of our thought is taken up by the clothes they wore, and how im- possible it is to form a notion of them in any other dress. The great importance of dress may be judged by reflecting how various habits have been and are appropriated to va- rious dignities— ambition itself may be defined as only an anxiety entertained by certain intelligent beings to get pos- session, for a time, ot certain dresses, which must be kept filled like the kingly office— rising in the army is but pro- motion from a coal with one stripe, to a coat with two or more. No man ought to be insensible to the influence ot dress; a good exterior procures at once an easy entrance into good society. It is a becoming part of tire amourpropre of every one to have a dress worthy of himself, such as may neither seem to make undue pretensions, nor to be need- lessly humble, but to be appropriate to his figure, age, and character, and upon the whole recommendatory; hence the necessity of employing a person who is sensible of the vast im- portance of appearance— who can set off advantages and dimi- nish imperfections— who can f urnish with clothes which shall be a passport into good society— a letter of recommendation carried about without trouble, and seen and read of all men. THE PROPRIETOR OF THE LONDON & PARISIAN PANTECHNETIIECA OF FASHION, TAILORING, WOOLLEN DRAPERY, AND OUTFITTING ESTABLISHMENT. 23, New street, Birmingham, Is able to confer these advantages on gentlemen, as he has in his establishment norre but artists of first- rate excellence — men who can suit the cut to the character, whether the smartness and spruceness of youth is wanted, the elegant and fashionable dignity of middle age, or the sober solemnity of declining years. S. HYAM begs to tender his sincere acknowledg- ments to the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants gene- rally, of Warwickshire and the adjacent counties, for the very liberal and extensive patronage they have afforded him since his removal to his present superb premises; and he begs to inform them, that owing to the severe and un- precedented pressure on the money market, which obliged manufacturers to submit to unheard of sacrifices in the sale of their goods, that they might meet obligations incurred during prosperity', he has been enabled to purchase goods for cash, at prices wholly unparalleled; and he is determined his valuable and extensive connexion shall enjoy the ad- vantages which he has been enabled to reap, through having the ability to purchase goods, almost unlimitedly, off per- sons who have been obliged to dispose of them at unre- munerating prices. He solicits the favour of inspection, and he is confident it will be found that he makes no as- sertion without foundation, and no professions but what may be realised at his Establishment. S. IIYAM is conscious that his Establishment owes much of its celebrity not only to the superiority of its cut, but to the fact that it contains, without exception, the largest and decidedly the most varied and best assorted Stock that can be found in the world ; hence it is his interest, and shall continue to be his study, to furnish it with every new and fashionable article as soon as it may appear in the metropo- polis, or can be procured from the continent— so that his distinguished Patrons and Friends, by calling at his Estab- lishment, may depend upon finding at all times the newest and most fashionable patterns— and owing to the Proprie- tor employing agents to transmit every new and elegant design as soon as discovered, they may rely upon having every garment made in a style the most fashionable, and at one- third of the price charged by the metropolitan houses; the Proprietor being determined to continue to maintain that proud superiority which his Establishment has already attained, and as a single concern, remain altogether with- out a rival— in tire immense quantity, endless variety, and first- rate excellence of its goods, the fashion and superiority of its cut, beauty and durability of its workmanship, and lowrress of its charges. S. HYAM feels confident that his establishment possesses advantages which cannot be met with in any other in the universe, and as he is determined to continue that honour- able and liberal system of business which has afforded such satisfaction to his customers, of allowing any gentlemen to return every article which may not please either in fit, quality, colour, or make, he confidently calculates upon the future favours of those very numerous gentlemen who have already honoured him with their commands; aud in soliciting a trial from those who have not yet patronised him, he would observe, that he shall feel favoured by their calling to inspect his immense and valuable stock and splen- did show rooms, which he would feel happy in showing to any party who may come on business, or be desirous of seeing the magnificent Establishments of the town. The facilities which the GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY affords to persons living in the vicinity of the line, will enable them to come to Birmingham and return with the articles procured from S. Hyam's Tailoring and Outfitting Establishment, Pantechnetheca, 23, New- street, Birming- ham, suited to their various tastes, in less time than tlrey could have been procured at home, and at prices so much below what they have been in the habit of giving, that the difference will more than counterbalance the expense of the journey. In submitting the following List of Prices the Proprietor solicits an inspection of his Stock, at the prices required for them, and fearlessly challenges competition in the united qualities of Fashion, Material, Manufacture, and Cost, confident his Establishment will always maintain its pre- cedence for the Magnitude, Extent, and Variety of its Stock, Elegance of Cut, Superiority of Workmanship, and Lovvness of Charges. No business done at this Establishment from aft r sun- set on Friday Afternoon, until Saturday Evening at Six o'clock, after which time it will be opened for business until Twelve o'clock. S. HYAM'S LIST OF PRICES, For Gentlemen's Clothing made to Order in the most fashionable and elegant style. COATS. £. s. Gentlemen's Fine Dress Coats, from ——.— 1 J2 Saxony ditto 2 2 Imperial ditto . 2 Extra Imperial ditto, best quality manufactured ™ . 2 12 Superfine Frock Coats, or Surtouts with silk facings 1 15 Saxony ditto . - — 2 6 Imperial ditto . 2 12 Extra Imperial ditto, the best quality manufactured 2 16 Ladies' Riding Habits — 3 15 Gentlemen's Petersham Great Coats, ( Double Breasted) . 1 12 Superior quality, ditto — 2 2 Very best ditto 2 8 Fine Cloth ditto, ( of any colour) . 2 2 Superfine ditto, ( Double Milled) . 2 15 Mackintosh and Co.' s Patent Waterproof Great Coats made to measure - 1 12 0 These will be found of that CHARACTER which has raised S. H's. Establishment to such eminence in the estimation of the highest circles, where nothing short of EASY GENTLEMANLY ELEGANCE could be tolerated. TROWSERS. Buckskin Trowsers, on S. Hyam's new principle of cutting, especially recommended to Sporting Gentlemen —, . 110 Summer ditto, beautiful patterns 10s. 6d. or three Kerseymere Trowsers from — 0 15 0 Fine Quality, ditto . 10 0 Very best 1 3 0 BREECHES. Gentlemen's Cotton Cord Breeches 0 8 0 Ditto, Woollen Cord _ 0 14 0 Ditto, Kerseymere ( of any colour) 0 15 0 Ditto, Best Manufactured 0 19 0 Kerseymere Gaiters ,„„ ™ . 0 7 6 Mr. Hyams List qf Prices continued. WAISTCOATS. Summer Waistcoats, new patterns, 7s. each, or 3 for 1 0 6 Splendid Silk Valencia, 10s. each, or 3 for 1 8 0 Kerseymere Waistcoats, from 0 8 6 Fine Quality, ditto 0 10 6 Silk Waistcoats, from Oil 0 Valencia Ditto, from 0 9 0 CLOAKS. Cloth Opera Cloaks, from 1 10 0 Spanish J Circular ditto 2 5 0 Ditto, a complete Circle of 9J yards round the bot- tom ™ —. 3 3 0 Velvet Collars, & c., extra. Youth's Camlet Cloaks, from . 0 8 0 Ditto, Cloth ditto, from oil 6 LIVERIES. Suit of Livery 2 15 0 Best Cloth, ditto— 3 10 0 Large sizes extra. CHILDREN'S DRESSES. Superfine Plain Cloth Dress, consisting of a Tunic, Vest, and Trowsers 110 Ditto, Superior Quality, handsomely Braided, faced with Silk . . 18 0 Youth's Dress, ( of any colour) consisting of Jacket, Waistcoat, and Trowsers, made to any pattern 14 0 Ditto, Superior Quality, neatly braided 1 12 0 Contracts by the year, originally introduced by S. II., and having gained him such unequal fame, his prices being the lowest ever offered-, he still recommends it to every gentle- man to whom fashion, economy, and regularity, are an object. Second Quality. Two suits of superfine clothes, any colour £ 6 10s. Three ditto ditto 9 10 Four ditto ditto 12 10 Best Quality. Two suits of West of England Wool- dyed, the best quality that carr be made £ 7 16s. Three ditto ditto 11 If Four ditto ditto 15 0 Velvet Collars, & c., extra; and so on in proportion for each suit. Each suit to be returned on the receipt of its successor. Gentlemen contracting for three or more suits, are allowed two suits in wear during the whole term. The largest and most extensive stock of Mackintosh and Co.' s Patent Waterproof Cloaks, Capes, Nursing Aprons Sfc;, 15 per cent, under the regular price. NORWICH UNION LIFE; OFFICE. THE . Meeting advertised in the Herald to be held at the Stork Hotel on Monday next, WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, as a Meeting for the same purpose had been pre- viously fixed, unknown to the Advertiser, for twelve o'clock, at the News- rooms, this day, which parties interested are particularly invited to attend. NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY. AS numerous rumours are afloat, which if true, must most materially affect the interests of the POLICY HOLDERS in this Office, they are earnestly requested to attend a Meeting in the COMMITTEE ROOM, of the NEWS ROOM, Bennett's- hill, on SATURDAY,( THIS DAY,) at twelve o'clock, when the proceedings of two Meetings which have been held at Norwich will be laid before them. As a third meeting will be held at Norwich on the 30th instant, at which measures of the greatest importance to every one insured in this Office will be finally settled, it becomes imperatively necessary to consider what course should be pursued to protect their interests. FRANCIS LLOYD. EDWARD GRAINGER. J. M01LL1ET. Par: ies are requested to bring their Policies with them, or if that be inconvenient, the receipts for their last pay- ment. SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, FOR MUTUAL ASSURANCE, On the principle of the London Equitable. Head Office, No. 1, George- street, Edinburgh. THIS SOCIETY has been eminently successful. The annual revenue, and accumulated fund, exceed that of any institution in Scotland on a similar principle during the same period. The whole profits belong to the Policy Holders. The profits are henceforth to be divided every three years. Parties assuring before the Society's annual accounts are closed, will derive the benefit of one year's profit over those assuring thereafter. PRESIDENT. His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. VICE- PRESIDENTS. Right Honourable Earl of Home. Vice- Admiral Sir David Milne of Milne Graden, K. C. B. Sir Duncan Campbell, of Barcaldine, Bart. TRUSTEES. Graham Speirs, Esq., Advocate. David Milne, Esq., Younger, of Milne Graden, Advocate. John Thomson, Esq., Cashier of the Royal Bank of Scotland. ROBERT CHRISTIE, Accountant in Edinburgh, Manager. ROBERT GIBSON, Secretary. ROBERT BENTON, jun., Esq., Solicitor, Agent for Bir- mingham. WINES AND SPIRITS. T^ AMILIES may be supplied with every description - F of Foreign Wines of the choicest qualities and most approved vintages, at very low prices ; and also with British and Foreign Spirits of the first description, both as regards delicacy of flavour and strength, on equally moderate terms, at PETERS'S WINE AND SPIRIT WAREHOUSE, 77, BULL- STREET, CORNER OF TEMPLE- ROW, BIRMINGHAM. *„* Bottles, jars, and packages must either be exchanged or paid for on delivery, allowance being made for them when returned. PATENT HOT WATER APPARATUS, MANUFACTURED BY JOHN B A R N E T T, 20, George- street, St. Paul's, Birmingham. DIAGRAM representing the PATENT HOT WATER APPARATUS, with reference to its various parts: — T, is a coil of tubing placed with- in the furnace, as shown in the fi- gure ; O, is the tube by which the water ascends in a heated state from the coil T, and passing through the expansion B, is carried round the building in length of pipe, or it may be formed in coils where required. After giving out the heat, the water returns into the coil at the furnace, as shown at figure A. The pipe marked R, is the filling pipe, to supply the apparatus with water. The fuel is supplied at II, and the furnace consists of two compart- ments, N, wherein the fuel is con- tained, and the compartment E, which is a sort of hot chamber, in which the coil of tubes, T, is placed; the water therein becomes heated by the fire in the compartment, N, and the smoke and heated air pass from the ignited fuel into the chimney I. rPMIK coil of pipes constituting the Furnace has JL been introduced at the back of Kitchen Grates or other fire places, thereby saving all fuel and attention, and dispensing with the brick work, as shown in the above figure. The pipes being wrought iron, of only one inch diameter, afford great facility in conducting the heat to any part of the building required. This method is superior to any other, and is now adopted by Noblemen and Gentle- men, in preference to the very injurious method of heating by hot air. References and further information may be had on appli- cation to Mr. BARNETT, as above. 20, George- street, St. Paul's, Birmingham. EXTRAORDINARY CHEAP WELL- SEASONED FURS, FIGURED AND PRINTED MERINOS, CHECK AND PLAIN SAXONY CLOTHS, VELVETS, SILKS, SATINS, & c. RICHARDSON and BENNETT respectfully an- nounce to the Public, that in consequence of the ex- traordinary sale they have experienced in Furs of every description, ( owing to their unparalleled cheapness) they have again this week received a prodigious supply of every kind of well- seasoned FURS, at prices truly astonish- ing, ( owing to the season being far advanced.) A large lotof SQUIRREL- BACK MUFFS, at 19s. 6d. cheap at 28s. Several Hundred large size SQUIRREL- BACK CAPES, at 30s. worth 48s. An immense lot of SQUIRREL. HOCK CAPES, large size, orrly 12s. 6d. A quantity of Prime FITCH MUFFS, at 12s. 6d. a bargain. Several Hundred SQUIRREL- BACK BOAS, only 10s. 6d. decidedly cheap. A large lot of splendid STONE- MARTIN BOAS, only 29s. 6d. worth 45s. And every description of FURS, equally cheap. Owing to the amazing reduction in the Wool Markets during the past for tnight, they have this week received an extensive supply of beautifully fine MERINOS in every shade at 21d. per yard, cheap at 2s. 6d. decidedly the cheapest lot ever offered for public inspection ; with a rich display of CHECK SAXONY CLOTHS at 12Jd. An extensive stock ofsplerrdid PRINTED MERINOS, new designs and finest texture, all 2s. 6d. per yard. Good BLACK SILK VELVETS at 4s. 6d. A lot of rich BLACK and COLOURED SILKS at Is. 6d. per yard, suitable for Cloaks. Several Bales of Prime WELCH FLANNELS, extra- ordinary cheap. Several Hundred Pairs of real WITNEY BLANKETS, suitable for charities, at 7s. 9d. per pair, full size 1 RICHARDSON AND BENNETT, 74, BULL- STREET. 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A few minutes to four the House resumed, and the usual standing orders, and the customary bill ( the Outlawries bill) were read. Several notices were given. The Speaker then read the royal' speech, on which Lord Leveson moved, and Mr. Gibson Craig seconded, an address, which, as usual, was a mere echo of the speech. The seconder was imperfectly heard. The only noticeable part of the mover's speech, was that in which he alluded to the announcement of the treaty of commerce with the United Republics of Bolivia and Peru— Amongst many other matters which it might he consi- dered his duty to enumerate, there was the interesting fact stated to them by Her Majesty, as to the extension of the commerce of the country. The house could not, lie was sure, overlook the advantage arising from the extension of commerce, nor the propagation ot more liberal principles on this subject among foreign nations than had hitherto prevailed. On this consideration he was sure that they must have heard with satisfaction the announcement that Her Majesty had been able to conclude a commercial treaty with the republic of Peru and Bolivia, and that she entertained hopes soon to be able to communicate to the house similar results of negotiations with other foreign powers. It must be owned, however, that trade in this country had received a severe shock— one of those shocks which were natural to and would always occur in a great commercial country, and one which, in his opinion, could not have been obviated or averted by any efforts of the government. ( Hear, hear.) On the amendment being put from the chair, Mr. Wakley and Mr. Harvey rose together, but the latter having given way, Mr. Wakley proceeded. He de- precated the general tone of the spcech. He could see 110 distinction in its sentiments between the Minister and the Opposition, aud he felt disposed to ask, after hearing it, for what purpose Sir Robert Peel was in 1835 driven from office ? He thought the House would go counter to the example of the Whigs in 1835, and also neglect its plain duty, if it allowed the address to go up without expressing its opinion respecting those further reforms that the country called for— We all ( said Mr. Wakley) have come fresh from our con- stituents, then are you not aware that the voters of England require protection? ( Cheers.) Is the word ballot m the speech? ( Laughter from the opposition.) The members on that side of the house may laugh. The speech is just such a one as you yourselves would have made 011 a similar occasion. Instead of feeding the people with the crumbs of charity, I claim for them political rights. At the com- mencement of a new reign, with a young Queen, educated as ours has been, the people were entitled to expect that something more explicit should have appeared 111 the speech. I will ask, sir, is the elective franchise extended enough? I say no; and the people of England, Ireland, and Scotland say no. They grind their teeth under the infliction, and I am afraid will never be relieved without the introduction of their grievances specifically into the address. I do not expect that I shall get that done on the present occasion; but I think it right the people should know what is the disposition, what are the feelings of the house, and what there is reason to expect at their hands. Even the Tories had in their hustings speeches de- clared themselves friendly to extension of the suffrage. Mr. Wakley would now test their sincerity as well as that of the Whigs. That amendment is expressed in general terms; it con- templates merely an extension of the franchise, and I am ready to take the smallest quantity that you can give. The noble lord having so recently made such a liberal speech to the operatives of Liverpool, I confidently rely on his vote iri favour of the amendment. The noble lord cannot hesitate. But I shall be glad to learn how Her Majesty's ministers intend to maintain themselves in office under the existing circumstances? ( A laugh from the opposition.) I shall be glad to know how they expect to command ma- joiities in this House? Where is the majority to come from? I suppose that on the most favourable occasions it will not be above 25 or 30, and on rather untoward occa- sions it is possible they may find themselves in a minority. But is it intended for the two political parties in this house, who have been opposed for such a length of time, to unite in one friendly embrace? ( A laugh.) Is it intended to form a coalition ? I ask that question, because I should like to hear a distinct disclaimer. It is right the people should know what they have to expect from the contending parties in this house , and if a coalition is to take place, I feel bound to declare that the contests which have taken place during the last three years assume, in my mind, the character of factious, ft tloes appear to me that there was carried on a factious opposition at the commencement of the session of 1835. ( Loud cries of hear, hear.) What was the language of the right honourable baronet opposite 011 that occasion ? I have been amusing my mind of late by looking over some of those things, and really it is very en- tertaining work to see the manner in which persons will assert one thing at onetime and another at another. ( A laugh.) The right honourable baronet, 011 the 24th of February, said, speaking of the opposition, " They select the questions which are practically decided, which all the world admits to he finally disposed of; but the unsettled questions they dare not advert to. They shrink from a reference " to the ballot, the septennial bill, the pension list, and the extension of the suffrage !" I shrink from neither of these questions, but we shall see who does to night. This w as the opportunity of adverting to all those subjects, but not one of them is touched on; on the contrary, the speech exhibits still the same dread of alluding to the ballot, the same fear of extending the suffrage, and the same horror of the repeal of the septennial bill. Compared with it, the declaration of Sir Robert Peel in 1834 was liberal, he miglitsay, almost Radical. The present speech was such as 110 Radical could honestly vote for. It was a precursor of such another session as the last three sessions had turned out. There have been proceedings during that period which, in my opinion, have greatly calculated to lower the character of this house in the public estimation, and to take from it the confidence and respect of the people. There have been proceedings such as were calculated to give the im- pression to the people that all that was operating on the minds of some public men was how to hold the seals of office— was bow to secure the profits, and how to exeicise the patronage of ortice. Surely it is time that such an illu- sion should be dissipated— surely it is time, if any one be- lieves that the aristocracy have the intention of relieving the people, that thejpeople should know what it is that they have to expect. Mr. Wakley adverted to the reform of 1829, when the Catholic emancipation bill was passed. He noticed the opposition offered by the Tories to the Irish Municipal bill, and the impossibility, in such a Par- liament as the present, of carrying that measure. Having alluded to the subscription against the Irish elections, the allusion called forth a laugh from Sir Francis Burdett— Ail honourable baronet ( observed Mr. W.) smiles at any allusion to the Spottiswood conspirators. ( Cheers.) 1 remember that honourable baronet when he was my re- presentative for Westminster. He can hardly be the same individual, for I believe that the remains of that venerable gentleman were recently buried in Wiltshire. ( Laughter and loud cheers.) He considered the mere fact that such a man as Sir Francis Burdett had been able to obtain a seat in the House, as a proof of the defects of the act of 1832— Can it be believed that there is now an individual sitting on the other side of the house, who, in 1809, represented the Tories as the greatest monsters in the world, whose only anxiety was to destroy the people? All these things tend to show me that the people have not their due weight and influence in the assembly, and that the Reform act bad failed to realise the object of its framers. ( Hear, hear.) If it has, why have not ministers the courage to declare it ? If it has not, I say their destination is near at hand, for it is impossible for them to retain their position with that bill still regulating the law of franchise. ( Cheers.) He entreated Lord John Russell to relieve his radi- cal supporters from the doubts into which the speecli had cast them. The spccch as it stood was a mere Tory speech. He then stated the nature of the amend- ments that lie proposed There will be three distinct amendments. ( Laughter from the opposition.) I am sincere in. proposing these three amendments, because I wish to lelieve honourable gentlemen from the necessity of making excuses for not voting on any particular proposition. When a number of subjects are blended in a single resolution, a man may say, " I would vote for the ballot, but there was another pro- position to which I could not accede." ( Hear, hear.) Another might say, " I would vote for an extension of the suffrage, but it was mixed up with two or three other sub- jects with which I did not agree." Now for each amend- ment separately. The first is, " That this house embrace the earliest opportunity of respectfully assuring Her Majesty that it will, in the present session of Parliament, take into its consideration the state of the representation of the people in this branch of the legislature, with a view to ensure by law an equitable extension of the elective fran • chise." I do not say this shall be household suffrage or universal suffrage; I merely say that this house shall con- sider the subject with a view to the extension of the suf- frage. If there is any member who is disposed to extend the suffrage in the slightest degree beyond its present point, I shall obtain his vote on this occasion. If there is any member anxious for household suffrage, I shall have his vote, of course. If there are any disposed to go still far- ther, it is impossible he can object to my amendment. My next amendment is as follows : " That this house respect- fully acquaints Her Majesty that it will, in the present session of Parliament, take into consideration the neces- sity of protecting the people in the free exercise of their elective franchise, by enacting a law to establish a system of secret voting by means of the ballot." The third amend- ment is, " That this house take the present opportunity of respectfully stating to Her Alajesty that it will, in the present session of Parliament, take into consideration the propriety of repealing the Septennial act." If these mea- sures should he carried into effect we shall obtain a good a id useful reform ; but until this be the case, the people can scarcely receive any benefit from the proceedings of this house. In the hope that ministers wil be disposed to look on these questions as essential to their existence— as essential to the progress of the cause of salutary reform in this country— I hope, whatever line of conduct they may pursue with reference to two of the motions, they will not at any rate vote as a party against the ballot. If they do, I am certain they will, in a very short time, sit on the other side of the house. I do not say who will take their places here; but I shall deeply lament that they have lost the opportunity of rendering great services to their countrymen— of immortalising their own names — and conferring the most lasting benefit on the com- munity. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH seconded the first amendment. He said the speech from the throne was— A bald, disjointed assemblage of words, in which every phrase was intentionally obscure, from which the framers seemed carefully and successfully to have laboured to exclude all sense and all argument, and to have kept in view but one single idea, namely, to frame a discourse about which all discussion should be impossible, as it should contain no topic for debate. ( Hear, hear.) The omissions in the speech, which had just been read to the house, were most important, and he rejoiced that the hon. gentleman had moved an amendment to the address for the purpose of supplying those omissions. ( Hear.) He trusted, likewise, that Her Majesty's ministers were prepared to supply what had been omitted in the speech, by their acts during the session of Parliament, and that they would make a declaration to that effect that • night. ( Hear.) The omissions of which he complained were, that 110 reference had been made to the evils of the present electoral system, or to the necessity of remedying them. ( Hear, hear.) The annoyance, the ex- pense, and the vexation caused by the system of registra- tion established under the Reform act, were now apparent to every one, and the system could not long be endured. The elective franchise ought to be viewed as an obligation imposed by the legislature upon the elector, for the advan- tage of the whole community, and the elector, in properly exercising his franchise, rendered an important service to his country. The legislature ought, therefore, to facilitate, by every means in its power, the possession of the elective franchise to those who were entitled to it. ( Hear, hear.) As the legislature required a service, and imposed a moral obligation upon the elector, the elector was justified in de- manding in return, that the laws should be studiously framed so as so protect him as much as possible in the exercise of his electoral rights; but under the present system every elector was exposed every year to a lawsuit before the revising barrister, at the malice of every political enemy.— ( Hear, hear.) The object of the Reform act was to convert a no- minal into a real representation, and in that respect it had proved a miserable failure. That the success of the Tories in the counties was not a re- action was plain, from the fact of their failure in large towns, in London and elsewhere. It was true, that to a certain extent, there was a feeling of political apathy amongst the masses, a feeling of indiffer- ence towards those who were the leaders of the ministerial ranks; but that apathy and indifference were occasioned, not by any relapse of the people into Toryism, but by their want of confidence in their leaders ; by their apprehension that there would be'no real efforts made in favour of Liberal principles; in short, there was a feeling amongst the people, that it was useless to exert themselves— that they were not bound to sacrifice themselves for persons who hesitated to adopt the means of protecting the elector in the possession and exercise of his electoral rights, and who could view with indifference, the misery, demoralisation, and corruption, consequent upon the present electoral system. ( Hear, hear, hear.) Whatever was the amount of demoralisation and corruption, consequent upon the ancient electoral system, that amount had been increased a hundred- fold under the Reform hill, by the conduct of the hon. gentlemen opposite. These were the grievances of which the people most justly complained ; and now, at the commencement of a new reign, was the most auspicious period for the people to make known their grievances, and to demand their re- dress; and he repeated, that he sincerely hoped Her Majes- ty's ministers would, in reply to his hon. friend, declare their intention of speedily bringing in a hill to amend the repre- sentation by reforming the Reform bill. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME called upon ministers to state what they meant to do. Such a statement was due to their friends anil to themselves— He could have no hesitation in stating, that in much of that which had been expressed by the honourable members who had just spoken, he entirely concurred; and he could not help thinking Her Majesty's ministers had improperly shrunk from laying before the house that fair and candid ex- planation of their intended course of proceeding, which those who had so long and heartily supported them, had aright to expect. ( Hear, hear.) This conduct of ministers must proceed either from an apprehension of hostility on the part of honourable gentlemen opposite, or from a resolution 011 their own parts not to carry out those questions which they had hitherto expressed their determination to forward, ft was due to the country that all doubt as to the intended course of ministers, should be cleared up at once by them- selves. ( Hear, hear.) He ( Mr. Hume) and other mem- bers on that side of the house had supported government warmly throughout last session, in the full confidence that they were earnest in their promises to effect every requisite reform, in all our institutions of church and state, the moment they were in the position to do so. In a similar confidence had the people generally, also lent the ministry their support, and it was right that they should understand distinctly, whether that ministry were prepared to do their utmost in behalf of the country. ( Hear, hear.) llut he was well assured that the people would look with great distrust at the speech which ministers had drawn up for the opening of the present Parliament, a speech which promised nothing in amelioration of the system of the church- rates and the church itself. ( Hear, hear.) The unsatisfactory nature of the speech was the more inexplicable to him, when he considered how different was the position of matters now, from that which existed at the commencement of the last Parliament. ( Hear, hear.) When the present minis- ters last resumed their position on the treasury benches, a monarch was on the throne, whose personal feelings were rightly believed to be unfavourable to them, and then it was that he ( Mr. Hume) and other gentlemen of his class of political opinions, gave their warm support to a ministry against whom were arrayed, not only the Lords and a large minority of the Commons, but a hostile court; this they did in the full persuasion, that the ministry they so supported was one resolved upon the completion of every reform which the country called for. It was, therefore, most unfair to them and to the people, now that, perhaps, the sovereign was highly favourable to the principles avowed by the administration, for that administration to withhold from the people a candid, open, aud manly declaration of what they were going to do, and a statement whether or not they ntended that the Reform bill should be carried out. ( Hear, hear.) While he expressed his intention of voting- for the amendment, if pressed, he doubted its propriety at the present moment. The questions that it . mooted could not and ought not to be settled by a side wind. Mr. GROTE agreed with Mr. flume that the amend- ment was not well- timed, at the same time so fully had he made up his mind 011 the subject of one part of it— namely, ballot— that if it were moved as an amendment 011 a road bill, he would give his vote for it. It was his opinion that the most important of all the topics to which the attention of Her Majesty's ministers could be drawn, and the most pressing of all grievances, was the state of the representative system, and that it was not only in itself a very great and important grievance, but also because it was a source of weakness, where they ought to have a redress for all other grievances. He said this had been demonstrated by the result of the late elections, and that the ballot was required to sustain a Reform ministry. How did the balance of parties stand in the present house? Was it not notorious^ that no measure adopted by that house could be passed if not approved of and countersigned by the right honourable baronet, the member for Tamworth, and the gentlemen who acted with him? Was it not plain and undeniable that the party opposite had the power of deleating any projects of Reform which Her Majesty's mi- nisters might entertain, and that party disapproved of? The result of the present system virtually was to give to the right honourable baronet a veto upon any measure which Her Majesty's ministers might propose of a reform- ing character. ( Hear, hear.) This was a painful conclu- sion. ( Laughter from members on the opposition benches.) The honourable gentlemen opposite might laugh; but this he said, it was painful to him and all those who held his principles. ( Hear, hear.) He said they could not make a matter better by disguising the painful truth from them- selves, nor ought they to picture to themselves a majority which might fail when the moment of trial came. Hon. gentlemen opposite possessed a negative upon all substan- tial Reform. Tfie Conservative principle was really pre- dominant in Parliament—( cheers from the opposition mem. bers)— and when he said Conservative he meant the negation of all substantial Reform. It was in that way that he un- derstood that the Conservative was the predominant prin- ciple in the present house of Parliament. If this result had arisen under any system of representation which would take the means of collecting the fair consent of the people to it, then he should bow most submissively to it, however little he might coincide with it. But this he said, that there was no pretence for asserting any such tiling. He could not consent to take the votes of tenants and tradesmen dic- tated to by landlords and overawed by customers as the free opinions of willing citizens. ( Hear, hear.) He could not consent that any such proceeding should be passed upon him as the expression of the people of England. He said that the people of England were at least a reforming public, and if their sentiments had been fairly collected, the result would have been such as those opponents would have little reason to rejoice in. Mr. LIDDEL noticed the motives that led to the passing of the Reform bill. He believed that the main view in passing it was that of beating the Conservatives to the ground, and maintaining the opposite party in their seats upon the treasury benches; that he believed was the object of the bill, and he did not wonder at the disappointment expressed by honourable gen- tlemen opposite, and they therefore wished to put upon other grounds than what was the real fact the manner in which the feelings of the people had operated in England. Even under the Reform bill, which was not intended to convey a fair representation of the opinions of the people, means had been found for securing good government; and so it was that, according to the provisions of the Reform bill, the people were able to exercise the franchise, and con- tribute to the advantage of the country. The result he was happy to perceive in the number of Conservatives to be found on that side of the house. England had, upon the returns, declared its want of confidence in Her Majesty's ministers. They had, too, been tried in the balance in Scotland, and had been found wanting; for there they had not gained. It was, then, in Ireland alone, upon the Irish returns alone, at the head of which was the honourable gentleman the member for Dublin, that Her Majesty's ministers could look for the means of carrying'their measures in that house. Colonel PERCEVAL denied that the paragraph of the speech which described the country as tranqui, was correct. Ireland was not tranquil.. Lord JOHN RUSSELL spoke 111 defence of the speech. It was purposely drawn up in the most general terms, in order that 110 ground should be afforded for angry discussion on tiie first day on which Queen Victoria was to meet her Parliament. If the substance of the amendments moved by Mr. Wakley had been intro- duced into it, ministers would have been guilty of the most inconsiderate rashness. He maintained that the circumstances of 1835, and those of the present time, were wholly different. The circumstances of 1835 were circumstances exceed- ingly different from the present. The circumstances then were these :— Lord Melbourne was engaged at the head of the ministry with plans and measures of Reform which were thought to be expedient, when he was dismissed from his late Majesty's councils; and on the meeting of the hew Parliament we did think it necessary that the measures which we thought were proper for the adoption of Parlia- ment ought to be stated in the address. Were there any of the measures which we then proposed so exceedingly different from the measures which we afterwards supported ? ( Hear.) One measure was the Municipal Reform bill in England. We proposed to introduce popular control amongst the municipal corporations in England. Have we not kept that pledge? ( Cheers.) Is it not now the law of the land ? And are we now to have the accusation brought against us of having abandoned that portion of our address ?( Cheers.) With respect to another part of our measures, it was said that we ought to remove the grievances of the Protestant Dissenters. Now, with respect to the grievances of the Protestant Dissenters, I maintain that the measure of registration and marriages is a redemption of that pledge— it is a removal of two out of the five points of which the Dissenters complained. After adverting to the Plurality bill, he noticed the Church- rates measure. There was another measure relating to the Church— that was the question of church rates. We brought forward thai question, and supported it to the best of our abilities in this house. It did satisfy the Dissenters, and I thought it did so fairiy; because it did not deprive the Church of revenues which it had reckoned upon previous to the intro- duction of that measure. It met with very great opposition, with such opposition in this house, that it would have been useless to have thought of its becoming the law. It could not be carried, and would not be again at- tempted. It is impossible to say that the measure respecting church- rates, which I introduced last year, can now be brought forward immediately with any prospect of direct success ; but the measure which I did propose last year, namely, the measure of proposing a committee on the subject which should look into its details— which have been, I will not say misrepresented, but upon which there has been much misunderstanding and difference of opinion— a committee which should look into the whole of the question, and which should enable Parliament and the country finally to decide upon i', and by so deciding it to get rid of those questions which divide Churchmen and Dissenters with more virulence than any other, and which produces injury to the Church itself and the cause of religion in geneial— such a committee it is the intention of Her Majesty's go- vernment to propose. He came to the specific amendments proposed by Mr. Wakley. The honourable member who moved the amendment has brought forward questions which have also been dwelt upon by other members, and he has asked me whether I will support them. He has mentioned the question of the ballot— he has mentioned the question of the extension of the suffrage, and the question of triennial Parliaments. These he has brought forward in three separate amend- ments, all forming parts of the same measure. He has put his powders into three separate papers. ( A laugh.) Iam not going now to enter into the reasons and arguments with which each of these measures may be supported or opposed—- I will not. enter into the discussion of the question generally, but I am bound to give some explanation of my views with regard to the position of the Reform act aud my present position. I cannot conceal the disadvantages and the injuries to which the Reform act is subject. I admit that at the late elections corruption and intimidation pre- vailed to a very lamentable extent. ( Loud cries of hear, hear.) I admit that with respect to some parts of the Re- form act they are the means of making it a source of great vexation to the real and bona fide voter. ^ Loud cheers.) I admit that with respect to the registration of voters in particular great amendments may be made. ( Renewed cheering.) But these are questions upon which I consider Parliament should always feel hound to be alive and atten- tive, to see that the act suffers no essential injury, and tiiat any errors in the details which might be made in the com- mencement might be afterwards remedied. But these are questions which are totally different from those now brought forward, such as the question of the ballot, the extension of the suffrage, and triennial Parliaments, which are, and I can consider them as nothing else, but a repeal of the Reform act. AM I THEN PRKPAREN TO DO THIS ? I SAY CERTAINLY NOT. With respect to the question of the registration, I am ready to bring it forward in an amended shape, or rather my honourable and learned friend the Attorney- General will do so. The matter has been frequently under discus- sion in this house. I proposed some amendments myself last year, and if any further facilities can be given by me I shall feel it my duty to afford them, and [ more particularly upon the subject on which I introduced the bill of last year, namely,- the payment of rates. But I do say that having only Jive years ago reformed the representation, having placed it on a new basis, it would be a most unwise and un- sound experiment now to begin the process again, to form a new suffrage, a change in the manner of voting, and look for other and neiv securities for the representation of the people. I SAY, AT LEAST FOR MYSELF, THAT I CAN TAKE NO SHARE IN SUCH AN EXPERIMENT. He admitted that the people of England if they saw fit, might enter upon such question; BUT HE WOULD NOT :— I think that the entering into this question of the con struction of the representation to soon again would destroy the stability of our institutions. It is quite impossible for me, having been one who brought fortcard the measure of reform, who felt bound by the declarations then made, to take any part in these large measures of reconstruction, or to consent to the repeal of the Reform act, without being guilty of what I think would be a breach of faith towards those with whom I was then acting. If the people of England are not of that mind they may reject me. They can prevent me from tak- ing part either in the legislature or in the councils of the sovereign; they can place others there who may have wider and more extended, enlarged, and enlightened views, but they must not expect me to entertain those views. They may place others in my situation, but they must not call upon me to do that which I not only consider unuiise, but which I should not feel myself justified without a breach of faith and honour in proposing. Sir ROBET PEEL, after pronouncing his favourable opinion of the address, and his intention to oppose the amendment, proceeded to give his theory of the cause which had led to the production of the lat- ter :— That amendment appears to have been proposed under the impression that Her Majesty's government was com- posed of what the honourable gentleman calls squeezable materials—( a laugh)— and I have not the slightest doubt that this is the object of the amendment, but he did hope that by the pressure of the conjoint two—( a laugh)— by whom the amendment was supported, the noble lord ( Lord John Russell,) who was the immediate representative of the squeezable materials, might be induced to give some satisfaction 011 the points on which the honourable member for Finsbury was particularly anxious. I certainly rejoice that the noble lord has defeated the expectations of his ho- nourable supporters, as with respect to the Reform bill, which the honourable member for Finsbury considered of such vital importance, the noble lord has not manifested to be composed of such squeezable materials as the honourable gentleim* anticipated. Sir ROBERT having adverted to the diminished majorities of ministers, which lie attributed entirely to the returning good sense of the people, then con- cluded :— I feel confident, not permitting the hon. gentleman to put his construction on the reasons on which rests that confi- dence— I feel confident, notwithstanding the menaces of the honourable gentleman, that we may trust to the sound, de- liberate judgment of the people of England to assist this most powerful minority which now sits ranged on the benches behind me in resisting the further progress of demo- cratic change— not the progress of rational, well- considered improvement, hut the progress of democratic change, which is avowed as having for its object the altering the ratio of political power, and enabling one class of political opinions to acquire an overwhelming predominance. Was there ever such a reason given for change? " We find ( says the honourable gentleman the member for Finsbury) we have failed; the constituent body has deserted us; we fear that another election or two will render that desertion com- plete ; and, therefore, we call upon you, in order to recover and maintain our predominance, to cut and carve the con- stituent body to answer our purposes." I, for one, after the changes which were effected in the principle of repre- sentation in 1832, will not give my consent to any further change of the kind; but I feel perfectly satisfied that if I were to give the honourable mover a carteblanche to cut and carve the constituency as he pleased, my confidence in the good sense of the people of England is such, that with whatever constituency he may form he would still he in a minority. ( Opposition cheers.) They may widen the constituency or shorten it— they may increase it as they please, but they never will be able to modify it so as to render it more in unison with their opinions, ' i bis is my opinion. I may be right or I may be wrong; but, he that as it may, I am not prepared again to incur all those evils which must inevitably arise from the constant agitation of constitutional principles. I shall therefore feel it to be ab- solutely necessary to oppose the proposition of the honour- able gentleman opposite ; and whenever any particular mea- sure may be brought forward, whether ol ballot or for the extension of the suffrage, I shall be prepared to dis- cuss it in detail, aud assign my reasons for not acquiescing in it. After a few words from Mr. WARD, who declared that he was induced to vote for the amendment soley in consequence of what had fallen from Lord John Russell, who, he thought, by his speech that night, had committed an act of political suicide, The house divided, when there appeared, tellers in- cluded :— For an equitable extension of the suffrage 22 Against any such extension - 511 Majority in favour of ministers 489 The members who voted in the minority, were:— Aglionby, H. A. Attwood, Tlios. Brabazon, Sir W. Browne, R. D. Bryan, George Butler, Col. Collins, William Dennistoun, J. Duncombe, T. S. Fielden, John Finch, Francis Grote, George Hally burton, Lord D. G. Hume, Joseph Leader, J. T. Molesworth, Sir W. Vigors, N. A. Wakley, Thomas Ward, H. G. White, A. ( Sanderland) White, Samuel Williams, W. Mr. WAKLEY was satisfied, in one respect, with the result of the debate. The right honourable baronet, the member for Tamworth, had also made known his views on the same subject, and they certainly warranted the presumption which he had ex- pressed atari early part of the debate, and proved, that if a coalition had not in person taken place, there had been one, at any rate, in point of principle. ( Hear, hear, and 1 lies of No, from the opposition.) His motion had certainly elicited this fact, that the leaders of the two aristocratic parties of the country, co- operated in principle 011 the subject of the Reform bill. Now it would tend to place all parties in a more just position, that those sentiments which they had heard should be divulged, for they demonstrated to the in- telligent and right- minded people of this country, that they should fight their own battle and advocate their own cause. ( Hear, hear.) They would see that they could place 110 reliance on that assembly, and he would advise the people, instead of presenting petitions to that house, to submit them directly to the Queen. ( Cries of Oh, oh! and Hear, hear.) Whatever gentlemen opposite might think of such a course, he hoped the people would lay their grievances immediately under the cognizance of the Crown, with such a disposition to prosecute their own business as must ultimately secure their success. ( Hear, hear.) The second and third amendment proposed by Mr. Wakley having been put and negatived, Mr. 1). W. Harvey, who had voted against the first three, offered a fourth to the following effect:— " That whilst this house is desirous of making the most libera! provision lor a support becoming the splendour and just dignity of tile crown, it feels, at the same time, that it ought to he derived from obvious and direct sources, and that to such end, every branch of the hereditary revenues of the crown ought to be placed, without reserve or exception, under the direct control of Parliament, as the surest means of protecting the crown from exaggerated impressions of their amount, aud securing it against the misapplication of its revenues. That in any arrangement of the civil list, we confidently rely on your Majesty's ready co- operation in promoting all needful inquiry into the claims of peisons who are made recipients of a state provision, being deeply im- pressed with the obligation of applying to them a test simi- lar to that recently introduced, and now in force, among the less fortunate portion of Iler Majesty's subjects." He stated that he did not mean to press the resolu- tion to a division. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, 111 reference to the pension list said— He thought the best place to discuss that subject was in a committee. But he should tell the honourable gentleman further, that it was the intention of Her Majesty's ministers to refer the list to a select committee. When there was a compact between the sovereign and the Parliament respect- ing the pensions, the Parliament might take those cases which it thought fit; but, if trie honourable member should, in the select committee, move for the depriving persons of pensions, which they had received upon the understanding that they should possess them for life, he ( Lord John Russell) would oppose that proposition, although it was in the power of Par- liament to take away such pensions. The house rose at lialf- past eleven. TUESDAY. Several notices were given and petitions presented, amongst others, against the return for Bristol. The report 011 the Address having been brought up— Mr. LEADER commented on the declaration of Lord John Russell of the previous evening. It was, he said— Ill- timed and most fatal to the administration of which the noble lord is a member, and he must not be surprised if it deprives them of the confidence of the representatives of the people. ( Hear, hear.) The eager jov displayed by the party opposite at that declaration, must have convinced the noble lord of these facts. They hail him 11s a partisan to that compact, which they consider for ever binding on the two sections of the aristocracy, but which has not been ratified by the sanction of the people. ( Laughter from the opposition.) Sir, sneering allusions are made to the restless desire of change, and ridicule is thrown upon the idea of a reform of the Reform act. Sir, to that I answer, that a people never ask for change, through the mere desire of change—( hear, hear)— but because they find their situation uneasy. ( Ob, 0I1! from the Tory benches.) A people, I say, never ask for change eagerly and earnestly, unless they find their situation intolerable. ( Cheers from the Liberal benches.) And as to the ridicule thrown upon the reform of the Reform act, I say that the people are as determined to have that reform, as they were determined to have the Reform bill itself. They succeeded in that, why should they fail now ? This sentence was followed by a storm of ironical cheers from the house. When it had partially sub- sided, Mr. Leader proceeded to bring before the house the question of Canada. Lord John Russell had said the measures he should propose would be concilia- tory :— The resolutions of last session were said to be conciliatory, and we must suppose that the conciliatory measures of this session will be of the same character. If the noble lord, who proposed these resolutions, ever had a hope of their having any good effect, he must have been much disap- pointed— lie must now feel that his estimate of Canadian endurance was sadly erroneous. The resolutions were re- ceived in Canada as they deserved to be— with indignation and bitter animosity. The House of Assembly had asserted their just rights, and hail declared that they looked upon the resolutions as unconstitutional and tyrannical. The people of Canada, having lost all hopes of obtaining justice from England, now declared that their only hope was in separation from the mother country. The noble lord perhaps thought that the Canadian people, being a quiet and peaceable race, would take the insult quietly; but he must now be cured of that false opinion. When these resolutions were under con- sideration, the noble lord ( Stanley) had taunted the govern- ment, that though they showed their teeth they were afraid to bite; and that taunt had not been without its baneful effect, for there had since then been much persecution on the part of the government. Many meetings had been held in Canada, at which the resolutions were much condemned. Many of those who attended were deprived of their com- missions of the peace. Some had been prosecuted : one in particular had indictments preferred against him before the grand jury, who ignored them ; but the Attorney- General for Canada, not satisfied with the conduct and finding of the grand jury, caused an ex officio information to issue against the same individual. That was one of the most tyrannical and vexatious proceedings, and at the same time the most imprudent proceeding that could be had recourse to. The Canadians were, at the present moment, in a state almost of revolt. Mr. Leader read extracts from the resolutions of various meetings in Upper as well as Lower Canada, to show the sentiments of the people there towards the ministry, and their conciliatory resolutions. Ho concluded by expressing his deep regret that the ca- reer of the ministry as a liberal ministry was closed. Mr. C. BULLER described himself as entirely averse from the amendment made by Mr. Wakley 011 the pre- vious evening, which was made in the face of many members, themselves as earnest Reformers as Mr. Wakley, but that did not in any degree reconcile him ( Mr. Buller) to the line of argument adopted on the occasion by Lord John Russell:— From the tone and temper of the noble lord, who was not soon moved to excitement, it appeared to him that the noble lord had only wanted a pretext for quarrelling with a great number of those by whom he had heretofore been supported. ( Cheers.) He was sorry to be obliged to say this, and he hoped the noble lotd would yet give him and those around him reason to think otherwise ; but if the noble lord was determined to take this course, he did right in avowing it. ( Cheers and cries of hear, hear.) If he was tired of the assistance of those who had borne him into office, he was right in throwing away the orange after he had been refreshed from its juice. He ( Mr. B.) only hoped he was on with the other side of the house before he was off with the side 011 which he was on. ( Hear.) But if he preferred the tenure of office by sufferance from the other side, rather than from the support of those who had hitherto supported him, he was certainly at liberty to make his own choice, only let the Reformers of England judge. ( Cheers.) The Reformers of England would judge, and would feel deep indignation at those who brought the other side of the House into power,—( bear, hear,)— and the people would know that it was no', the fault of the Reformers on his side of the house, but the fault of the noble lord himself. He must say, and by this he begged not to be understood as being at all personal to the noble lord, that the language of the noble lord, with respect to two of the questions which he was pleased to denounce last night, surprised him very much. ( Hear, hear.) When the noble lord wanted the support of the advocates of the ballot, he held a differ- ent language towards them. The noble lord, when he brought forward the Reform bill, in alluding to the Septen- nial bill and the ballot, took a very different tone indeed. Instead of then talking of the finality of the Reform bill, he said that those other questions to which he had alluded would remain open to debate; but by his declaration of last night, the noble lord had violated that pledge. Did the noble lord suppose that if in that nicely balanced Par- liament he had held such language as he had used last night towards the supporters of the ballot, he or his colleagues would have held office for one hour? ( Hear, hear.) He described the working of the Reform bill as a most inadequate test of public opinion. We had under it as much if not more nomination than under the old system. As to the declaration of Sir Robert Peel, that the people were satisfied with the working of the bill, that right honourable gentleman had never, during his political life, shown himself capable of estimating or understanding the feelings of the people. He con- cluded— He had no wish to embarrass Her Majesty's government —( Cheers)— but he wanted particularly to show the country that there were in that house more than twenty members who were their friends. He wanted to show that there were many more than the twenty who voted last night, who were in favour of an extension of the franchise, he wanted to show that there were more than twenty in that house who would give protection to the voter. ( Loud and re- peated cheers.) The noble lord had not merely objected to great and sweeping changes, but he put the very worst construction upon his own words. ( Hear, lieaj, and no, no.) He must say that the noble lord had fallen into an error of presumption as great as that which the Duke of Wellington committed in 1830, after the result which he had witnessed from the declaration of the noble duke, he tells the people of England that he will not extend to them the reform which tiiey demand— that he will not extend the suffrage to the great body of the people— in a word, that there shall be no representative government. ( Cries of oh, oh, and cheers.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL denied, with great heat, that he sought occasion to quarrel with his Radical sup- porters; he, at the same time, avowed that his declara- tion was deliberate and aforethought:— When I spoke last night, it was not altogether from the impulse of the moment, or without premeditation, but that I had considered afoiehand what was likely to occur in the debate on the address. I had duly considered what was most likely to occur, and I came to the determination that if the debate should be confined to the topics of the speech from the throne, I should not throw out any allusion to topics upon which there might exist the least possible dif- ference of opinion—( hear, hear,)— and which might be introduced by some of those gentlemen on this side of the house, who have given the government the most disin- terested and honourable support during the time that we have had the honour of holding the seals of office. But my determination was, also, that if topics were introduced, which I had eveiy reason to suppose would be introduced, and which I could not fail to have a strong opinion— if topics which I disapproved of, such as propositions for entertaining questions, which I think cannot be entertained without inflicting injury— that it was my intention, whatever impu- tations might be cast upon me, and whatever obloquy I might incur, not to withhold the avowal of my opinions. ( Loud cheers.) Sir, I know not whether the house will agree with me, but certainly, as far as my impression went, and as far as my intention went, I did think the speech of the honourable member for Finsbury and the honourable member for Leeds, and, indeed, the speech of the honour- able member for Kilkenny, were speeches as offensive— THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 25. 3 { great cheering)— as could be made by gentlemen in this house, who pretended to that character. ( Cheers.) He did not pretend to be indifferent to office, but he would cheerfully quit, if his retention of it depended on his supporting- measures such as the amendment of Mr. Wakley enumerated, which would be injurious and destructive to the country. Lord John, in order to defend himself from any charge of inconsistency, went at length into the questions which he had sum- marily noticed the previous evening— I am now ready to express my opinion with respect to the duration of Parliament. The time always named by those who advocate short Parliaments is three years. I always thought that period too short, and I also think that seven years may be inconveniently long. But the question really is between seven years and five. As to the question of taking votes by ballot, I do not attach so much import- ance to it as others seem to do. I admit, however, that it is a question of importance, but I think that one of the chief objections to it is, that it would prove perfectly ineffi- cacious as a system of secret voting, and therefore it cannot afford that species of security sought for by the advocates of the ballot. I make these observations, not with the inten- tion of entering fully into the subject, but merely that my opinions might be understood. Almost all the advocates of vote by ballot say at the same time that the suffrage should be extended— they say that it should be ex- tended at least so as to have household suffrage ; but if it were extended so far, many persons agree that it would lead to the most extensive bribery and corruption in the smaller boroughs which now exist. One gentle- man of great experience on subjects of this kind, who was examined before the intimidation committee, and who is a person of the greatest sagacity and intelligence— I mean Mr. Parkes— said, that in the smaller boroughs with the ballot bribery would exist in a greater extent than at present. ( Hear, hear.) The honourable member for Kilkenny is> lso the advocate for extending the suffrage to householders as a step to universal suffrage. The late honourable member for Liverpool, Mr. Ewart, in a pam- phlet which he has addressed to the country on the subject of the Reform bill, also recommends a great extension of the suffrage. The honourable member for Westminster is also an advocate for a great addition to the franchise, and in the changes which he recommends the ballot only forms a part. It appears to me, taking all the circumstances together, that even if I were disposed to think that the opinion in favour of the ballot was a right opinion, I am obliged to stop and consider, supposing Parliament were to enact the ballot, whether the ballot would of itself form the end of those discussions with respect to the parlia- mentary constitution of the country. The honourable member for Liskeard says it is desirable, when we settle questions of this kind, that there should not be a per- petual recurrence to them. This is the doctrine of common sense; and if the time of Parliament is occupied in con- tinual constitutional changes, a great portion must be lost which might be better employed in useful, effectual, and practical reform. ( Hear, hear.) Then, agreeing with the honourable gentleman that such a course is not desirable, I come to the conclusion that if the ballot were adopted alone, or that if the shortening of the duration of Parlia- ment were adopted alone, at the present time, they would not so far either satisfy them with regard to the lteform bill, or make it appear to them a complete act, as that we should not he immediately required to grant further changes. With respect to the question of the ballot itself, I very much apprehend that it the voting were secret it would be said you are right in establishing secret suffrage, but the franchise ought to be far more extended. ( Hear, hear.) I must say that is a rational observation. Then I can hardly be prepared to enter upon one course without being prepared to pursue it. I recollect lately reading an account in a newspaper of the proceedings at a meeting which was convened in favour of the ballot, which ended by another taking the chair, and the passing of a general resolution that the ballot would be useless unless there he a further extension of the suffrage. In order to adopt these measures we must entirely reconstruct the lteform act, we must extend the suffrage, we must abolish, according to some gentlemen, many of the smaller boroughs, and we must disturb what at the time we deliberately considered a fair balance between the agricultural, the manufacturing, and the other interests of the country. ( Hear, hear.) It is, therefore, my opinion, sir, that great as the evil of much of the present system undoubtedly is, though'I hardly think even this deserves the epithet bestowed upon it by the honourable member, it is my opinion that it will be far better for us to endeavour to improve the system in its details, and carry on the business of the country under the Reform act, than attempt any new plan of suf- frage. ( Hear, hear.) We have been told by more than one honourable gentleman that we must not shut our eyes to the perilous nature of our situation; that we must reflect that we have but a small majority on our side of the house ; and there is imperatively required some plan of the kind to reawaken public enthusiasm in our favour. Sir, I am not prepared to sanction any plan of this kind on any such grounds. ( Cheers.) It is our duty to consider only what are the interests of the country; and I must beg of the honourable gentlemen to remember that while they are telling us not to be blind to our situation in the house, we hold it our duty not to forget what is the situation of the country. ( Loud cheers.) Sir, at the time the Reform bill passed, I stated my belief that it must necessarily give a preponderance to the landed interest; and, although it may be deemed that such preponderance has been somewhat un- duly given, I still think that a preponderance in favour of that interest tends to the stability of the general institutions of the country. ( Loud cheers.) It is my opinion that to frame a plan of reform which should give weight only to the large towns, to the exclusion of the grent body of the landed interest, meaning by the term not merely the land- lords, but the farmers and tenants of the country, would be to introduce the elements of general disorder; and I cannot suppose but that those who would be thus unjustly deprived of their franchise would never rest quiet under that plan of government until they had by every means endea- voured to reinstate themselves in their due position in the country. ( Hear, hear.) With respect to a large portion of the interest to which I am alluding, I am well aware that the opinions both of the honourable member for Kil- kenny and my own are unpopular with them, and, there- fore, when I look at the great strength on the other side of the house, although I fully believe that many unfair means have in a number of cases been resorted to in the recent elections, I can account for much of the force opposed to us in the prevalence, particularly fn many of the counties of England, of opinions, conscientious opinions, hostile to the measures which we have brought forward. ( Hear, hear.) Such being the sum of my opinions, and looking to this side of the house, the present and future interests of the coun- try, I must say that I for one am assuredly not prepared to go into these general questions, which I consider would render an entirely new Reform bill necessary. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. GROTE complained that ballot should be argued against by Lord John Russell, not as good or bad in itself, but as viewed in conjunction with other mea- sures to which he ( Lord John) happened to be opposed It ought to be accepted or rejected on its own merits alone. Mr. BULLER admitted that in charging Lord John Russell with " seeking a pretext" to quarrel with the Radical Reformers he used language which was not regular. The report was then agreed to, and the address or- dered to be carried up by such of the house as were privy councillors. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.— Mr. Charles Buller obtained leave to introduce his bill for better regula- ting parliamentary elections. Mr. O'CONNELL obtained leave to introduce a bill on the same subject. Capt. PECHELL asked leave to introduce a bill to limit the liability of licensed victuallers in respect to the safe keeping of property belonging to their guests; but was refused on a division by 97 to 32. After some uninteresting conversation touching the accommodation of members of the House of Lords, and several other matters— Mr. BROTHERTON brought forward his motion for limiting- the sittings of the house to twelve o'clock at night. It was negatived after some considerable con- versation, by 76 to 26. HOUSE OF LORDS OPENING OF THE SESSION. MONDAY— Nov. 20. At eleven o'clock the string of carriages, containing peeresses and ladies having tickets of admission to the galleries, reached as far as Parliament street, and be- fore twelve o'clock, had extended up to Whitehall. In St. Margaret's churchyard, and in other places, seats were fitted up for spectators, and were crowded. At twelve o'clock the doors of the House of Lords were opened, and the galleries were soon filled with ele- gantly dressed ladies, a majority of whom were in full court dress, with feathers. At ten minutes past twelve the Lord Chancellor en- tered the house ana took his seat on the woolsack; and prayers were read by Dr. Musgrave, bishop of Here- ford. At one o'clock, when the j udges entered, the galleries were crowded with beauty and fashion; the peeresses' seats were also filled— the full dress of the ladies ming- ling with the robes of the peers formed a magnificent coup d'teil. At a quarter before two o'clock the Duke of Cam- bridge, with his son, entered the house, the latter ha- bited as a colonel in the Guards. Succeeding them came the foreign ambassadors, including the . French, Belgian, Dutch, American, and Turkish ambassadors, and soon afterwards, the Earl Marshal, the Lord- Lieu- tenant of Ireland, and the Duke of Sussex. At a few minutes before two o'clock, a flourish of trumpets, the ringing of bells, and the firing of can- non from the park, announced the setting out of Her Majesty. Her Majesty was received throughout the whole of her progress with the warmest cheers of her subjects, who were crowding the park and each side of the street from the Horse Guards to Westminster, and fill- ing every balcony. At two o'clock precisely, Her Majesty, having been robed, entered the house, preceded by the heralds and officers of state, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, and attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, mistress of the robes, and Lady Barham, lady in waiting, the master of the horse, the treasurer, and other members of her household. Her Majesty, who appeared in ex- cellent health, wore a white satin gown, over which was a splendid crimson velvet robe trimmed with gold lace. On her head was a tiara of diamonds; she also wore a diamond necklace and earring's, and on her arm the order of the garter. When Her Majesty took her seat on the throne, she was supported on her right by the Earl of Shaftsbury, holding the cap of maintenance, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Marshal ( the Duke of Nor- folk), and the Duke of Somerset, bearing the crown upon a cushion; and on the left by Lord Melbourne, holding the sword of state, the lady in waiting, and the members of the household. Behind the throne stood the Duchess of Kent and the Mistress of the Robes, and at the foot the Dukes of Sussex and Cam- bridge. Her Majesty then desired the lords to be seated, and ordered the Usher of the Black Rod to summon the commons. In a few minutes the commons appeared at the bar, headed by the Speaker, supported on the right by the Usher of the Black Rod, and on the left by the' Sergeant- at- Arms. The space below the bar was crowded to excess with members, and it was not till after several rather undignified cries of " Full, full," and " Order, order," had been uttered, that the pressure of the members excluded could be stopped. Silence having been obtained, Her Majesty took and sub scribed the usual declaration, repeating every sentence after the Lord Chancellor. This ended, his lordship, bending on one knee, presented his Sovereign with a copy of the following speech, which Her Majesty im- mediately delivered. The speech wc have given elsewhere. The Queen was loudly cheered on her return, as she had been in her progress to the house. The house adjourned during pleasure. It resumed at five o'clock, when the answer to the speech was moved by the DUKE OF SUSSEX. The ROYAL DUKE said— My lords, did I not feel satisfied that the sentiments contained in the speech delivered from the throne this day, as well as the language employed in communicating them to you, were of a nature to preclude the necessity— I would almost say the possibility— of discussion, and were I not equally certain that the correspondent answer to that speech which I shall have the honour to propose to your lordships for your consideration and approval, is one in which you may safely concur without compromising any of your opinions as to the manner of carrying into effect the objects alluded to therein, I should feel great hesitation in present- ing myself to your notice. My lords, we can have but one object, and but one feeling, that of assuring our sovereign of our loyalty and attachment to her person—( cheers)— of our readiness to meet her wishes, and give effect to her be- nign intentions, by devoting our most serious attention and consideration towards discussing those measures which are most calculated to promote the best interest of the country, and the welfare and happiness of our fellow- subjects. Time and circumstances, my lord, often give an additional consequence to events which of themselves are already of considerable importance ; such I conceive to be the case at the present moment. The annual opening of a session of Parliament is always an object of great interest, when con- sidered as one of the constitutional modes by which the sovereign comes Into immediate contact with the other two branches of the legislature, and when, in addition, one re- flects upon the consequences which may result from such communication, involving the consideration of measures in which the welfare of the people, as well as private inter- ests, are most deeply concerned. If such be the case in the common march of human events, bow greatly is that im- portance increased by a new Parliament being called to- gether, whether it be occasioned by the usual progress of its course towards a termination, or, from ministerial changes, when the sovereign wishes to ascertain the free opinion of the nation ; and more particularly so when the necessity of the measure is in consequence of the demise of the crown; the law of the country being imperative, that upon the de- cease of the sovereign anew Parliament shall be summoned after the expiration of six months at the latest. This, then, is the position in which we are placed at this juncture of time; and when, besides the observations which I have made, we advert to the age of our youthful Queen, ascend- ing the throne of her ancestors by the right which the con- stitution has given, and that at the expiration of one month only after the period fixed by the statutes for considering the sovereign of age and capable of assuming the reins of government, I cannot hut hope that your lordships will agree with me in seeing the propriety and the duty imposed upon us to avail ourselves of the earliest opportunity of approaching Her Majesty with the assurances of our devo- tion to her person, ofour determination, by our counsel and advice, to give that support to the crnwn which will enable it to maintain the rights and liberties of the people, as well as its own dignity; and to which support Her Majesty has already appealed, in her gracious declaration, when, appear- ing before her privy council for the first time, she declared, " That she placed her firm reliance upon the wisdom of Parliament, and upon the affections and loyalty of her people;" which sentiments she repeated on the prorogation of her Parliament in the month of July last, and has again reiterated in the present instance. He concluded, after commenting seriatim on the various clauses of the speech, by moving the address. It was seconded in a rather long speech by Lord PORTMAN. The Duke of WELLINGTON warmly supported the address. He said— My lords, I have so little objection either to that gracious speech or to the address moved by the illustrious prince, that I should have thought it unnecessary to address one word to. your lordships upon the subject, if it had not been for the purpose of expressing myjrespect for Her Majesty, and likewise for the illustrious duke who has moved the address on this occasion. ( Hear.) I shall certainly follow the example of his royal highness and of the noble lord who has seconded the address, in making no observations either upon the speech or the address, which can in any manner occasion any irritation of feeling or difference of opinion on the part ol any noble lord on either side of the house. ( Hear, hear.) My lords, I sincerely congratulate your lordships that on this first occasion upon which Her Ma- jesty has addressed the Parliament called by herself, it is in the power of this house to return an answer to Her Majesty which shall be unanimous. ( Hear, hear.) It is impossible that any noble lords could have addressed themselves to your lordships with more judgment and discretion than the illustrious prince and the noble lord who last addressed you have displayed on this occasion. ( Hear, hear.) My lords, his royal highness has been pleased to advert to a cer- tain fortunate event at which I was present at the same time with his royal highness. I perfectly recollect that event, and I have always considered with the utmost in- terest the object of it. My lords, I hope that during every moment of the remainder of my life I shall witness the prosperity of Her Majesty's reign, and her individual hap- piness. ( Loud cheering.) I can say no more, my lords, to express my feelings towards that illustrious individual. ( Cheers.) My lords, I likewise recollect the expressions to which the illustrious prince has adverted, and which fell from me at the termination of the last session of Parlia- ment. My lords, I have not by any means changed my in- tentions upon those subjects; and I will only upon this oc- casion add, that those subjects have been adverted to in the speech from the throne, and also in the address moved by the illustrious prince, and seconded by the noble baron in such a manner as to facilitate the intentions of which I spoke last session. ( Cheers.) The address was then agreed to, and ordered to be presented in the usual form. TUESDAY. The address was carried up by the mover and se- conder, accompanied by a number of peers. On the Duke of Sussex going down stairs from tli<\ House of Lords to join the procession, in consequcnce of his foot catching on the carpet, his royal highness fell, and rolled down one flight of steps. He was imme- diately raised, and though he complained of his knee, he assured the noble lords by whom he was immedi- ately surrounded, that lie was not seriously hurt; and being assisted along, he joined the procession. The house resumed in the afternoon, when the royal answer was reported. There was no business of the slightest interest on Wednesday in either house. The Commons address was carried up as ordered the previous day. NEWS OF THE WEEK. FOREIGN. D OME STIC. THE METROPOLIS. AUTOGRAPH COMMAS— In the library of the late Sir Philip Francis is a regular series of the Public Advertiser newspa- per during the period when Junius's letters were published in that journal, in which nearly every letter is corrected, and the regular stops inserted by Sir Philip Francis, in his clear and very distinct autograph. DUKE or WELLINGTON.— His Grace is a Field Marshal in the army, with its pay. He is Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, 1200?. a year, and the snacks of the clothing. He is Colonel- in- Chief of the Rifle Brigade, ' 2391. a year; and as the regiment consists of two battalions, be has double profits from the clothing. He is Constable of the Tower, 947/. 9s. 7d. per annum. He is also Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 4741. 10-°., with a splendid mansion and grounds. The Gazette of Friday night states the quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England from August 22nd to November 14th inclusive— LIABILITIES. Circulation — . £ 18,344,000 Deposits . 10.242,000 Securities Bullion, £ 28,586,000 . £ 23,985,000 7,432,000 " When Lord Dudley Stuart," says the SiHcle," dined at the Tuilleries a few days ago, another English nobleman present at the dinner remarked to him that he was more Polish than English. The Duchess of Orleans caught up the words, and addressing Lord Stuart with vivacity, said, ' My lord, you could not have charged yourself with a better cause, nor could the Poles have chosen a more worthy ad. vocate.' These words of the duchess, and the warmth with which they were pronounced, struck the persons assembled with astonishment. For a few moments an embarrassing silence ensued, and it was remarked that the King, after the words of the duchess, put his hand on his heart and bowed, as a token of assent." Marshal Gerard was lately making a tour through Bel- gium, and while at Antwerp walked to the gate of the citadel, expressing a wish to see it once more. He was told, that without an express permission from the government, he could not be admitted. " But I am Marshal Gerard," said he, " I helped to take the citadel, and I think I might be allowed to enter it." " If you were the King himself," re- plied the officer on duty, " you should not enter without the permission of the minister of war." An employe, hearing this conversation, went up to the marshal and said, " If you will walk about the town for a couple of hours, I will un- dertake to procure a permission in the interim." The marshal accepted the offer. The employe immediately started for Brussels by the railroad, and returned in less than two hours, with an order, not only to admit the marshal, but to place 500 men under arms, to render him military honours. The distance from Antwerp to Brussels is up- wards of twenty- eight miles. Ma. STURGE AND THE PLANTERS— The reports which Mr. Sturge and his companions have laid before the British public, on the subject of apprenticeship in these colonies, and the cruel treatment of apprentices by some of their employers, have drawn upon those gentlemen ( what we are told) is " the honest indignation" of the colonists generally. Men who never wondered before have " stared in wonder, merit" at the " palpable lies" which " friend Sturge and his sneaking companions" have related as facts; and which " the credulous fools who attended anti- slavery meetings" at Exeter Hall and Birmingham, have as a matter of course, swallowed for Gospel truths. It is true that nobody, so far as we know, has attempted to disprove these pretended facts; but, then, to have denied them is enough, and sworn they are false. Indeed, " they carry," as we have been creditably informed, " their own refutation on the face of them ;" and although we are not sufficiently clear- sighted to see it, nor credulous enough to believe without having seen it, this is no good reason that it should not be so. There are others who are neither blind nor so sceptical as we are; and they are quite satisfied that it is so. On the authority, therefore, of these, there can be no doubt that " friend Sturge" and his companions are " base fabricators of malignant falsehoods," and, as such, entitled to no mercy at the bands of our contemporaries throughout the colo- nies. The Jamaica folks would stop at " tarring and feathering" but the more civilised Dominicans would " go the whole hog," and adopt " Lynching" as the " mildest punishment." Now, when we remember that this excellent mode of dispensing justice, ( for the invention of which the Americans are universally admired by civilised nations,) embraces even burning by slow fire, we cannot enough ad- mire the vast punitive genius of the inhabitants of Domi- nica, among whom this " Lynching" is considered a punish- ment superlatively mild! " We observe that a splendid entertainment lias been given to Sturge the Quaker at Birmingham for the innu- merable lies which he concocted during his short sojourn in these islands. It is somewhat fortunate for him that the object of his visit among us was not known till too late, otherwise, it is far more likely that he would have a very different tale to relate, we think that Lynching would have been his mildest punishment."— Dominica Standard, Sep- tember 13th. Printed and published by Richard Clarke. What an advocate have the colonists in Mr. Richard Clarke, editor of the Dominica Standard ! How fearlessly does lie redeem his mottoed pledge, Deo et Kegince fidelis! And how must the guilty Quaker, with even the Atlantic between, tremble, when he looks back at the dreadful tor- tures which he so narrowly escaped ! We almost fancy that we see him chained to a stake— a brisk fire of sea- coal is near, and his tormentors are dancing in cannibal glee around him. Leader of the revels, there stands the " faith- ful" editor, terrible in anger, yet cool, collected; his eyes gloating on his victim, and his whole soul rapt in invention ! And now, that ghastly smile proclaims that he has found what he sought, a means of killing by hair- breadths! Its effect upon the revellers is instantaneous— the dance ceases— they wait for the instructions of the " faithful" chief, to prove, beyond doubt, their " fidelity to God and the Queen," in the zealous execution of the laws of both ! The only thing that we are afraid of, is, lest some stupid orator in the House of Commons pervert this beautiful picture of Domi- nican piety and loyalty to improper purposes. It is unknown to what lengths some people's fanaticism will carry them, and we should not be surprised, if some " Anti- colonial saint," with the patriotic Standard, of the 13th September, in his hand, point to the paragraph before us, as evidence of the completely lawless and recklessly wicked character of the colonists generally. For the fellow will not confine it to Dominica only. Oh, no I Tile dread of Mr. Clarke will prevent him from giving it too pointed an allusion to that colony; and besides this dread, it will answer his purposes better to draw a general and sweeping conclusion at once, lest such another opportunity may not present itself in haste. All colonial editors are not Clarkes, nor all the colonies Dominicas. And " our enemies" are too snakey in their politics to wait for " by and bye," and let one good oppor- tunity slip from them in hope of a better '.— Barbadoes Liberal, October 7. On Saturday evening a student of medicine aged twenty- four, and a young woman about twenty, who had lived with him for eight or ten months, arrived at the hotel in Abbeville from St. Omer, and having dined together re- tired to rest. Sunday morning, about ten o'clock, they took their breakfast, drinking between them a bottle of red wine and a bottle of champagne. About mid day the inhabitants of the town were shocked by the appearance of the lady in the balcony of the hotel streaming with blood, crying aloud for assistance, and threatening to throw herself into tlie street if they did not come. All the people of the inn rushed up, and found that she was severely wounded, and the young man also. The Commissary of Police arrived with medical aid. It was found that the poor girl had a severe incision in the abdomen, through which her entrails protruded. The young man, who had also a wound in the shoulder, on being interrogated, replied, " She is mad with intoxication— I have not done her any harm." The young woman, in her state of exhaustion, gave those around her to understand that they had come to a mutual agreement to commit suicide, but from the appearance of their room, and other circumstances, it was evident there had been a violent struggle between them. They were both carried to the hospital, where the girl died the follow ing day .— French Paper. SLAVERY IN AMERICA.— The number of slaves in the republic of the United States is, at the present time, about 2,500,000. No one State has a right to interfere with the domestic affairs of any other state, neither does Congress possess that right; therefore the question of slavery in Louisiana, Virginia, Alabama, & c., is entirely a question for the consideration of the citizens of those states. No other citizens have any business to meddle with it. But the Abolitionists of the north endeavour to bring the powerful lever of public opinion to act upon their brethren of the south, and at every meeting of Congress they also try to make slavery a national affair in that body, though clearly against the spirit of the constitution, which guarantees to each state the integrity of its separate laws and institutions. The following are the means and present state of the Abo- litionists :— The first Abolition Society was established in Philadelphia in 1333. In June, 1837, there were 1,906 Anti- Slavery Societies in the republic. These consist of 100,000 members of all religious denominations. The num- ber of tracts and other publications issued by the societies in New York last year was 669,387. The average increase of societies during the last three years was 60 per cent; during the last year 100 per cent. £ 31,417,000 A comparison with the last return shows a decrease in the circulation of 372,000?., a decrease in the deposits of 259,000/., a decrease in the securities of 1,331,000?. and an increase in the bullion of 576,000?. THE MINISTER AND THE OPFOSITION Lord John Rus- sell is not above asking a favour from a foe. His lordship was, of course, very desirous of ascertaining whether the Tories would propose a candidate for the Speakership; so he despatched a special messenger ( not Mr. Hudson) to Sir Robeit Peel, with a letter, worded in the most insinu- ating style. The exact copy of this epistle we cannot furnish, but it began with " My dear Sir Robert;" and, after some compliments on Sir Robert's fairness, Lord John being certain that the Tory leader had no desire to vex the Whig one, or give unnecessary annoyance to the Govern- ment, ended with the modest request to be informed of the intentions of the opposition in regard to the election of a Speaker. Sir Robert Peel, who is not to be outdone in courteous phrasing, assured " My dear Lord John" that he had no wish to annoy the Government— that he was ex- empt from factious feeling; but " My dear Lord," added the baronet, when in 1835 I was Minister and you in oppo- sition, I did not ask you whether my candidate for the Speakership was to be opposed. Thus ended the corres- pondence: Lord John did not " take" much by it; but to Peel and the Tories the wheedling epistle of the Home Secretary lias afforded much amusement. It must have been a delightful specimen of infantine simplicity, and we much regret our inability to give it verbatim Spectator. ALDERMAN WOOD— In consequence of the Duke of Kent's pecuniary difficulties, he was living abroad with the Duchess, when she was near her confinement. Alderman Wood, from patriotic feelings, was desirous that a child which might become the sovereign of Great Britain should be born in England. He therefore strove to induce the duke's trustees to advance sufficient money to enable bis royal highness and his illustrious consort to return to this country,— but without success; upon which, he himself advance ® the necessary funds, to a large amount; and which money was not repaid for a considerable time. To Alder- man Wood Her Majesty is indebted for the gratification of being de facto as well as de jure an Englishwoman. This weighty obligation she has gracefully acknowledged, by raising the worthy alderman to his new rank. It would be well if all the recent promotions to the dignity had been as well earned.— Spectator. THE QUEEN AT COVENT GARDEN " We" made one of the throng that filled the stage on this occasion. It was curious to see the array of painted cheeks and feathered heads, and the motley group of persons in stage dresses and plain clothes, drawn up facing a canvas screen ; and to hear, when the doors were opened, the rushing in of the eager audience. First, there was the scrambling tread of a few hasty footsteps, like the pattering of rain in a shower; then the torrent of people pouring tumultuously in on all sides; then the gradual subsidence as the house got too full for the reverberation of sound. At last a general shout, swelling into a boisterous roar of welcome, and mingled with the music of the national anthem, proclaimed the royal presence. The curtain drew up, and disclosed an am- phitheatre of people all seemingly moving to and fro with excitement, and waving hats and handkerchiefs; at one corner, surrounded by a brilliant circle of plumed ladies and embroidered lords, stood the fair creature who was the cause of all this frenzy of delight,— a gentle girl, with a quiet, unaffected air of dignity, herself awed almost to timidity, ( though never losing a graceful self- possession,) curtseying to her enthusiastic subjects, until it became a rudeness to continue their vociferous greetings.— Spec- tator. NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION.— We have much pleasure in stating that his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the invariable and zealous supporter of every benevolent insti- tution, as well as the ardent cultivator and friend of science, has consented to become the patron of the Newspaper Press Benevolent Association. For this exalted patronage the friends of the society, and the members, are indebted to Mr. ltamsbottom, the member for Windsor. It is confi- dently expected that his royal highness will be able to pre- vail on Her Majesty to become the patroness of the insti- tution Sun. There is a question before the Court of Exchequer on a demurrer which raises the point whether, under the 57th George III., c. 99, ( in which it is enacted that no clergy- man shall trade for gain, nor buy nor sell to sell again,) whe- ther a clergyman can hold shares in a banking company. This will open a variety of other similar matters. The deci- sion of the Court will, therefore, be of great importance to clergymen generally. On Monday morning a hostile meeting took place at Chalk Farm, between Messrs. Concannon and Corbett, the former attended by a Mr. O'Brien, the latter by a Mr. Keogli, all Irishmen, and students of Lincoln's inn. The cause of the quarrel is said to be a fair frail one. The parties were bad marksmen, for after an ineffectual exchange of three shots each, the parties separated unreconciled. It is scarcely a month since the patent safety coach, re- cently described in this journal, was tested at Blackheatb by a series of experiments. Ie the above short period the plan has been taken up by the French government, the mi- nister of the interior having sent to London an accredited agent of the government, who ordered a public trial of the vehicle to be made in his presence. This functionary, satis- fied with the principle of the invention, and with a full de- scription, drawings and plans, started yesterday for the French capital, guaranteeing to Mr. Stafford, the patentee, the exclusive use and benefit of his invention in France. STEAM BOAT ACCIDENT On Sunday morning, shortly before five o'clock, the Duke of Wellington steam ship, on a voyage to Scotland, got under way, and was proceeding down the stream in the dark at half speed only. Nearly off Wapping New Stairs, a large sailing barge, proceeding up the river, was standing over the river to the south shore, with a lug- boat also proceeding upwards to leeward of her. The steamer went clear of the sailing barge, whose sails concealed the lug- boat from view until the sailing barge had passed, when she directly opened on the steam ship's view, and there was not sufficient time to stop her until she came in collision with the lug. No life was lost, but a lad who was navigating the lug had a narrow escape. THE PETITIONS.— A meeting of the Liberal members was held on Tuesday at the Reform Club- house, in Pall- mall. There were upwards of a hundred members present. Lord Douglas Hallyhurton took the chair. On the motion of Mr. O'Connell, who was supported by Mr. Edward Ellice and Lord Ebrington, it was resolved that a deputation, con- sisting of the following nine members— English — Lord Eb- rington, Mr. Edward Ellice, and Mr. Charles Buller. Scotch— Lord Douglas Hallyburton, Mr. Ferguson, and Mr. Bannerman. Irish— Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Shiel, and Mr. Fitzstephen French— should be appointed to wait on Lord John Russell, with the view of impressing on his lordship the propriety of taking decisive steps to pre- vent the fixing of ballots on any election petitions, until the law for deciding controverted elections shall he amended. HACKNEY CARRIAGES.— The commissioners of stamps having issued a notice to all hackney- carriage proprietors, that it was their intention to recal all the old licensing plates, and substitute in their stead others of a different colour, and lettered V. It., appointed yesterday as the day on which the change was to take place. The quadrangle of Somerset- house consequently presented a very bustling appearance, being entirely filled with hackney- coaches and cabs, the varied construction and appearance of the latter vehicles contrasted strikingly with the uniformity of the dangerous two- horse carriages formerly in use. Hansom's patent safety cabs, which led the way in these improvements, pre- sented a very striking display, both as respects carriages, horses, and numbers. They came in procession to Somer- set- house, the line of which extended from the latter place to Charing Cross. THE KING or HANOVER.— It may yet please " Heaven in its wrath" to place the " Despot of Hanover" on the throne of England. The danger has not passed away. Er- nest is heir presumptive to the crown. Nothing but the frail life of a delicate female stands between the country and the horrors of a Cumberland sway. Will the ministers take precautions against the despot's accession ? Will the Chro- nicle's Whig friends introduce a bill of exclusion? Any me tsure short of this would be unavailing. Such a bill would probably receive hearty Radical support; but though the ministerial Swiss may cant and bully about the Hanoverian despot, will the Whig statesmen in Downing street protect the country from the danger which threatens it? If not— if the claims of King Ernest to the succession are held as sacred by Whig as by Tory ministers— the magniloquence of the ministerial journals must be regarded as mere " sound and fury signifying nothing" but alacrity to delude people into the notion that the! e is a distinction between ministers and their rivals for office, which does not exist, for any prac- tical use on the Hanoverian question.— Spectator. HOUSE or COMMONS FEES The fees paid to officers of the House in the case of the Dublin election committee amounted to 1,050?. 2s. 6d. PROVINCIAL. There are 870 paupers in Nottingham workhouse, which is so crowded that the guardians have been obliged to order temporary accommodation for the paupers to be constructed on the hack commons— Nottingham Journal. SUPERSTITION.— About eleven months ago some gipsies came into the neighbourhood of Ulverston, where they carried on their ordinary frauds on the ignorant. One simpleton, a tailor, residing at Leece, in Low Furness, was so egregioiisly foolish as to give them 40?. 5s., which was to be returned to him in untold thousands on the 3d day of November. The knaves pretended to throw the money ( all sovereigns and silver) into the fire, and the simpleton says he actually saw it melt! This was necessary to propitiate the blind god. On the 3d of this month the fraction of a foolish man went to a respectable neighbour, and desired him to accompany him on very particular business. They accordingly went, and found the tailor's wife iri bed in the parlour, she having been especially enjoined not to get up- on that day until two, p. m., as the success of the experiment depended on this as one essential point. Two o'clock came, but Bob thought it would be as well to wait until half- past, and his wife declared frequently that she had heard the chink of gold in a drawer, which the dark- eyed damsels had pointed out as the depository of the treasure. At half- past two the wife got up, and the drawer was opened, but lo ! a blank met the eager eyes of the expectants! Poor Bob is inconsolable for the loss of his 40?., but still thinks that had he advanced 100?., as the gipsies wished him to do, he would have been rolling in wealtii two months ago!— Cumberland Pacquet. CHURCH RATES A meeting of the parishioners of Barn- staple was convened on Thursday, and adjourned from the vestry- room of the church to the Guildhall, for the purpose of granting the church rate for the present year. The Itev. H. Luxmoore, vicar, having taken the chair, stated that the meeting was called to grant Church- rates to Easter, 1838. He should not have troubled the meeting with a single observation, had not an anonymous handbill been put into his bands, signifying an intention on the part of some persons to move an adjournment of the question for nine months. Upon this point he had been at some trou- ble to obtain the best legal advice, and had found that it was not in the power of the parishioners to adjourn the meet- ing— they might refuse, alter, or not recognise the rate; but the question of adjournment could not be entertained. A motion being made, which was duly seconded, for three rates, the anti church- rate party persisted iii moving, as ail amendment, an adjournment of the meeting; and the chairman decided on taking a poll, which began instauter, and continued until five o'clock, re commenced on Saturday morning at nine, and closed at five the same evening, and will begin at nine on Monday morning, and conclude at five on that day Western Luminary. FATAL ACCIDENT TROM MACHINERY.— On Thursday, as Francis Turmey, a man about twenty- nine years of age, who worked at the Old Factory, in Horseley- fields, as a polisher, was preparing his glaziers, to go to work, a strap being out of place, he unwarily went on the wrong side and was caught by it, carried round the drum, and then thrown on the floor, with both his leg9 and several of his ribs broken. The accident occupied scarcely a moment, and owing to the peculiar nature of the machinery, which is worked by steam, it was not possible to extricate the deceased before the drum had completed its revolution, and by diengaging the stap from its surface permitted his liberation. The de- ceased, who was promptly attended by five medical men, all of whom declined touching him from a wish not to increase his misery, as his recovery was impossible, languish- ed in extreme agony for a few hours after the accident, and then died Wolverhampton Chronicle. FRAUDS ON BANKS Kinnear, who appeared to be one of the principals in the contemplated frauds upon banks, lately investigated at Birmingham and Manchester, was re- ex- amined at Manchester on Saturday week, on a charge of having in his possession, with a fraudulent intent, a blank note of the London and Westminster Banking Company. The form or impression was found in Kinnear's trunk, and the prosecution was founded upon the provision of the lltli Geo. IV. and 1st Wm. IV., with having in his posses- sion, knowingly, any blank note, or bill of exchange, or part of one, of any existing bank, with intent to defraud. Kinnear said be knew not how the form came into his pos- session; but he was given to understand that he must be prepared to meet an indictment for the offence at the assizes. WARWICK SPRING RACES.— The stewards for the next spring races will be Captain Cunynghame and Edwaid Ayde Clarke, Esq. At the annual competition show of the tenantry of J. H. II. Foley, Esq., lately held at Kinfare, a handsome silver tankard, of the value of 30/., was presented to Mr. Jones, of Stewpony Inn. It bears the following inscrip- tion:—" Presented by J. H. IIodgetts Foley, Esq., to John Humphreys Jones— a prize for the best cultivated farm on the Prestwood Estate. October, 1837." A prize of 10/. in money was also awarded to Mr. John Yardley, of Stapen- hill, for the best field of turnips. We learn from the first number of the Gateshead Ob- server, a Whig paper, that a subscription of 2,000/. has been entered into to support the petition against the Tory members for Hull, and that this subscription was a spon- taneous act on the part of the Reformers of Hull and its neighbourhood. The constituency of South Shields has been gradually in- creased each year since its enfranchisement. In 1834- 5 the number was 529; this year it amounts to 705. SCOTLAND. A TICKET rou THE EDITOR.— On Wednesday last, about noon, Mr. Patrick Kay, son of Provost Kay, attacked Mr. Milne, proprietor of the Dundee Chronicle, while the latter was walking on the High- street, Dundee, and struck him with a large stick on the head and face, by which both were severely cut. Mr. Milne was conveyed home in a carriage, and medical assistance procured; but he is not yet pronounced out of danger. The youth was secured, and" committed to gaol.— Scotsman. ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY.— On Friday morning an at- tempt was made to break into the branch of the Western Bank lately established in Bogle- street, Greenock, but without success. The porter sleeps in an apartment ad- joining the counting- room, which being accessible by a window ill the roof, the rogues resolved thereby to reach the room where the safe was situated. The porter coolly allowed one to drop down before he gave an alarm— know- ing, that when once in, like mice in a trap, they could not get so easily out; and while the second was lowering himself lie laid bold of the first intruder, and bawled lustily for assistance from a person who slept in an ad- joining house. Meanwhile a fierce fight was commenced between the valorous porter and the robbers. On grap- pling with the second one he found, from his sooty habili- ments and otherwise, that he was a chimney- sweeper be- longing to the town, who, after a good deal of pummeling, surrendered at discretion. Not so the other, who fought desperately ; and it^ was only when the individual called for got into the apartment that he could be secured. On being taken to the police- oflice the latter turned out to be a well- known Glasgow thief. Both have been committed lor trial. — Glasgow Herald. IRELAND. TITHE SALE— A tithe sale took place in Shanagolden on Wednesday last. A cow, the property of a Mr. Enright, was seized at the suit of the Rev. Mr. Graves, of Youghal; and the people determined to bid for it in order to return it to the recusant. The Limerick Star states that the par- son's son acted as bailiff, cons: al> le, and auctioneer, and managed so as to disappoint the intentions of the people. He had the cow brought out to the minute fixed for the sale, and before any of the people had assembled. A bailiff and two sons ot a process- server were on the ground, and bid a pound for the animal, another one pound three shillings, when the parson's son cried " one pound ten," and down went the hammer, and away went the cow to the bailiff's yard. The people, finding the sale thus carried on in tlfe absence of an audience, went to the house of the bailiff, whose name is Fitzgerald, to remonstrate with him. He laughed at the law; but even while he laughed off went the cow from his yard, no one knows how, unless in her abhor- rence of the tithe system, to which she was victimized, she took it into her head or heels to clear the wall. She was never after heard of, so that the parson's son had the plea- sure of meeting his rev. parent's claim out of his own pocliet— Pilot. GOING IT— The Earl of Bandon intends removing from his estate in the west of the county of Cork, 247 persons, whose interest in the land has expired. They are Itoman Catholics, long in possession, and would not be disturbed but for their hostility to his political views; and their places are to be supplied by a Protestant tenantry.—- Limerick Chronicle. A THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 25. 172 Wheat JJarley « » ts .. Rye .. Beans Peas.. Total Quantities. | Total Amount- Quarters. ; fluahels. l d- 1099 • 220 205 0 9 7 3053 341 243 0 0 5 0 4 15 17 Price per Qr. £ a. d. 2 15 6 1 11 0 1 3 8 0 0 0 1 16 0 2 5 4 BIRMINGH VM MARKET. I the payment of rates. But I do say, that having only five Inspector's WeeMy Return of Corn sold, computed by the Standard years aQ0 reformed the representation, having placed it on a Imperial Measure.— November 23. ... ,, , . , • . • , 1 new basis, it would be a most unwise and unsound expel iment now to begin the process again, to form a new suffrage, a change in the manner of voting, and look for other and new se- I curitiesfor the representation of the people. I SAY, AT LEAST FOR MYSELF, THAT I CAN TAKE NO SHARE IN SUCH AN EXPERI- I KENT. I think that the entering into this question of the construction of the representation so soon again, would destroy the stability of our institutions. It is quite impossible for me, having been one who brought forward the measure of reform, who felt bound by the declarations then made, to take any part in these large measures of reconstruction, or to consent to the repeal of the Reform act, without being guilty of what I think would be a breach of faith towards those with whom I was then acting. If the people of England are not of that mind they may reject me. They can prevent me from taking part in the legisla- ture or in the councils of the sovereign; they can place others there who may have wider and more extended, en- BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1837. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. The following is a copy of Her Majesty's speech on Monday. We intended to offer a few words of com- ment upon it, but the length of the Parliamentary debate precludes us from doing so. Its most remark- able omission was the subject of considerable surprise, I larged, and enlightened views, but they must not expect me not charily expressed, at the Political Union on \ to entertain those views. They may place others in my situ- J ' ation, but they must not call upon me to do that which 1 not J. uesdaj :— consider unwise, but which I should not feel myself justi. " Mr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, \ fied without a breach of Jaith and honour in proposing. " I have thought it light to assemble you, for the This is plain and opeu. If the slightest shade of transaction of public business, at the earliest convenient obscurity had rested on the minister's meaning, it period after the dissolution of the late Parliament. must ], ave been for ever removed by the gloss supplied " It is with great satisfaction that I have received ; n t] ie evening ministerial paper of Thursday, from all Foreign Powers the strongest assurances of It is impossible, ( says the Globe of that day,) that Mr. their friendly disposition, and of their earnest desire to | LEADER'S system of universal suffrage, or any very large cultivate and maintain with me the relations of amity; and I rejoice in the prospect that I shall be able to promote the best interests of my subjects by securing: to them the advantages of peace. " I lament that civil war still afflicts the kingdom of Spain. I continue to exercise with fidelity the en- gagements of my Crown with the Queen of Spain, according to the stipulations of the Treaty of Quad- ruple Alliance. " I have directed a treaty of commerce, which I have concluded with the United Republic of Peru and Bolivia, to be laid before you, and I hope soon to be able to communicate to you similar results of my nego- tiations with other powers. " I recommend to your serious consideration the state of the province of Lower Canada. " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " The demise of the Crown renders it necessary that a new provision should be made for the Civil List. I place unreservedly at your disposal those hereditary Revenues which were transferred to the • public by my immediate predecessor, and I have com- manded that such papers as may be necessary for the full examination of this subject shall be prepared and approximation to it, should give our labouring classes an imagined omnipotence, without shaking to pieces our whole social and political system in two or three sessions. Intri. cate as it is, dependent on monied and commercial confi- dence— that system will not bear the shock of unbridled democracy. It will not bear to be submitted, year after year, to the remedies and regulations of men of " the masses." They think every thing can be done for them by act of Parliament. The liand- loom weavers' petitions afford proofs of this— the working men's petitions, wherein it is set forth that the interests of the rich cause them to legislate that money may be dear and labour cheap— whereas, were the people represented, its laws would make money cheap and labour dear. Illusions of this kind— the drawing- room Radicals may take our assurance— illusions of this sort aie what would be forced on a populace legislature. Reiterated disappointments would bring fresh changes and fiercer violences; the gentlemen- leaders would fall first ( we don't mean a pun)— tool after tool would be tried and broken successively; and total confusion would terminate, as total confusion must, in restored order of some kind— most certainly not so free an order as that which exists now. » Of the opinions entertained by ministers of a demo- cratic government, the following may be received as a fair expose. It is from the same article of the same journal:— Whether the present ministers may or may not remain so ( and we have been furnished with no reason against it laid before you. Desirous that the expenditure in I beyond the Cassandra menaces of Mr. GROTE), Lord JOHN this, as in every other department of the Government | RUSSELL rightly said, " Having proposed not a few great should be kept within due limits, I feel confident that you will gladly make adequate provision for the sup- port of the honour and dignity of the Crown. " The estimates for the services of next year are in course of preparation, and will be laid before you at the accustomed period. I have directed that the utmost economy should be enforced in every branch of the public expenditure. " MY LOIIDS AND GENTLEMEN, " The external peace and domestic tranquillity, which at present happily prevail, are very favourable for the consideration of such measures of reformation and amendment as may be necessary or expedient, and your attention will naturally be directed to that course of legislation which was interrupted by the necessary dissolution of the last Parliament. " The result of the inquiries which have been made into the condition of the poor in Ireland, has been already laid before Parliament, and it will be your duty to consult whether it may not lie safe and wise to establish by law some well- regulated means of relief for the destitute in that country. " The municipal government of the cities and towns in Ireland calls for better regulation. " The laws which govern the collection of the tithe composition in Ireland, require revision and amendment. Convinced that the better and more effec- tual administration of justice is amongst the first duties of a sovereign, I request your attention to those mea- sures which will be submitted to you for the improve- ment of the law. " You cannot but be sensible of the deep import- ance of those questions which I have submitted to you, and of the necessity of treating them in that spirit of impartiality and justice which affords the best hope of bringing them to a happy and useful determination. In meeting this Parliament, the first that has been elected under my authority, I am anxious to declare my confidence in your loyalty and wisdom. The early age at which I am called to the sovereignty of this kingdom renders it a more imperative duty that, under Divine Providence, I should place my reliance upon your cordial co- operation, and upon the love and affection of all my people." Lord JOHN RUSSELL has declared, that sooner than measures, and having carried a many of them," the country most assuredly will, in the end, do them justice. It does not depend on a small set of projectors of anarchy to blacken the character of a party who have stood before England as the promoters of every truly great measure that has yet been carried. And if this majestic England is to stoop to the worthlessness of a rabble- rule, that never lasted five years in any country, without it had endless forests and swamps for employment and exile— if this is to be— and no man can say, between Orangeism and Radicalism, that it may not one day be in this, as it has been in other countries— it will not be, at least, with the acquiescence of men whose honours have been well earned in reforming and preserving the insti - tutions which they found those of their country. We do not think we ought to complain of the Globe for its identification of the three very different ques- tions propounded in Mr. WAKLEY'S resolutions with universal suffrage, to which only one of them, and that remotely and indirectly related; the masters of the Globe had chosen the same line of argument, against " the small set of projectors of anarchy." Neither do we complain that a journal, conducted un- der the eye— certainly under the influence— of the foreign secretary, should speak of the government of the United States as a " worthless rabble- rule," only held together by its " endless forests and swamps for employment and exile." It is quite consistent that those who have heroically determined to quit office, rather than yield to the prayers of the people for free- dom at home, should endeavour to ridicule and run down the workings of freedom abroad. Lord PAL- MERSTON, the convenient hack of six successive admi- nistrations, is merely enunciating the latest approved sentiments of his leader. The really important question which it now remains to put— and it ought to be put and answered calmly and deliberately— is, how far Her Majesty's ministers, in the position which they have assumed, are entitled to the support of the honest Reformers of England. We are aware it may be urged that the position of ministers is not a new one. They had already, it may be said, not merely declared against ballot, but voted against it; they had already opposed the extension of the suffrage, and the repeal of the Septennial act. It is true they had— aud they had their ready excuses — the coldness of the court; their uncertain tenure of office in consequencc ; the obstinacy of the peers, and the manifest encouragement it received from the King. the spirit of objection has been exhausted. Its prac ticability has been shown in such a way as to silence the most sceptical. The number of petitions in its fa- vour, presented in the course of last session, was very great. We believe no political improvement has ever been more widely and warmly supported. But were it otherwise, the Reformers, at least, have entirely made up their minds upon it. The more earnest of them have equally made up their minds on the neces- sity of an extension of the suffrage. Neithfr the one change, nor the other ; neither protection to the elec- tors, nor freedom to the non- electors, can or will be granted, we are plainly told, so long as the present ministry exists. Other and smaller reforms we may expect, and we don't pretend to undervalue any reform however small, but those reforms which we have re- peatedly declared to be ESSENTIAL TO THE PRESERVATION OF FREEDOM, we must not look for. Can we, under such circumstances, any longer sup- port Her Majesty's Ministers ? We go farther— can we, under such circumstances, abstain from offering to them all the opposition which constitutionally we can offer ? We do not ask this out of any feeling of irri- tation arising from the rude and unexpected destruc- tion of hopes long and intensely cherished. We rest the ease on plain and palpable grounds, in which every thinking man must concur. The ministers and the Radicals are now fairly at issue. Either they must depart from their resolution, or we must oppose them in mere self- defence. Some timid friends may still urge, as they have often done before, that in the event of the Whigs going out, a worser set may go in. The answer to this is ready. We have a right to tell the QUEEN that her present servants are unworthy of our confidence ; we have no right to instruct her in the choice of their successors. Our duty is to act as honest subjects. The consequences do not rest with us. If the QUEEN should abandon the Whigs only to betake herself to the Tories, the blame of the change, if blame there be, is not ours. Mr. WAKLEY has been blamed by his friends for the amendment proposed by him on Monday. It was ill- timed ! In a letter to the Morning Chronicle, the honourable gentleman observes, that he never in his Parliamentary experience knew an objectionable pro- position being put at an unobjectionable time. A ques- tion may be ill- timed if put in a house where there are not enow of members for its proper consideration. It may be ill- timed if put in the absence of those who are friendly to its reception. But it is not easy to see how a question can be ill- timed where the mooting of it is sanctioned by precedent, agreeable to the strictest requirements of order, and when all its friends and all its enemies are assembled, and no surprise is meditated or can be practised on either party. It is said that the introduction of the question of extended suffrage was improper— Lord JOHN RUSSELL said offensive— it would have been well if, for the last three yean, Reformers in Parliament and out of it had been more frequently offensive— because under the circumstances it could not be discussed. Its dis- cussion was not once proposed. Where was this objection lurking, when in February, 1835, the Whig amendment to the address was proposed and carried ? Is it only Radical amendments that in such cases re- quire discussion ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL has observed that circumstances were then different. They were. Lord JOHN was then out of power; he is now in power. It is said, further, that the cause of reform is damaged by sucli a division as that of Monday— the minority was so small! By whom is this said By the gentlemen who voted in the majority! There were in the house not less than two hundred men pledged to an extension, more or less, of the suffrage. It was proposed that they should record their pledge— not to the extension, but to its con sidcration, merely— they refuse to comply; and then they turn round upon the proposer and blame him for the smallnessof the support lie had received ! If tb cause of reform was damaged on Monday, assuredly it was damaged hv Mr. O'CONNELL, and the rest who voted against Mr. WAKLEY'S motion, not by the brave band of the patriots who voted for it. We do not mean to say that ministers themselves urged yield to the prayers of the electors for protection, of j guch excuscs_ It was „ ot t0 be expected that they should. But their acts, if not their words, spoke the non- electors for an extension of the suffrage, or of both for triennial parliaments, he and his colleagues will abandon office. HER MAJESTY'S ministers, speak- ing through Lord JOHN as their organ, declare that they have staked their political existence against each aud all of these changes. That we may not be ac- cused of imputing to ministers language stronger than plainly enough. Was it possible that a cabinet, which had associated with it men so deeply pledged to the ballot as POULETT THOMSON, Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE, and Sir HENRY PARNELL, could be understood as not merely averse from ballot, but determined, under any circumstances, to resist its adoption ? Could the they have used, we reproduce here the words of Lord | pub] iC) WHch had witnessed Sir H. VIVIAN'S concessions JOHN in replying to Mr. WAKLEY'S amendment on tQ the popll] ar fee]; ng. ; n Cornwall; and listened to the address. We quote from the Morning Chronicle, | Lord JoHN, Riissei, l> s speeches during the contest for Devonshire, for a moment imagine, that opposition to ballot was to be made a ministerial question of so vi- tal importance, that a dissolution of the cabinet would be the inevitable consequence of its being pressed ? We assert, therefore, that ministers have, in their de- claration of Monday, assumed a new position; and that Reformers must now assume a new attitude to- wards them. Ballot is called for by nine- tenths of the electors of the kingdom; by a large portion of the non- electors; by the Reforming press, almost, if not altogether, una- nimously. Its principle has been demonstrated until' a ministerial paper, of Tuesday— But these ( the defects of the registry clauses) are ques- tions which are totally different from those now brought forward, such as the question of the ballot, the extension of the suffrage, and triennial Parliaments, which are, and I can consider them as nothing else, but a repeal of the Reform act. AM I THEN IRERARED TO DO THIS? I SAY CERTAINLY NOT. With respect to the question of the registration, I am ready to bring it forward in an amended shape, or rather my honourable and learned friend, the Attorney- General, will do so. The matter has been frequently under discussion in this house. I proposed some amendments myself last year, and if any further facilities can be given by me, I shall feel it my duty to afford them, and more particularly upon the subject on which I introduced the bill of last year, namely, In consequence of illness, the Rev. Mr. EAST will NOT be able to meet the YOUNG MEN, as announced, on TUESDAY NEXT. THE DIVISION or MONDAY.— Mr. Attwood, it will be seen, voted in the minority; Mr. Scholefield was, unluckily, shut out, otherwise his name also would have appeared on the list of the minority. We were misled last week, by the form in which the report of the Braintree case came before us, into the supposition that by superior court Dr. Lushington alluded to a superior civil court. It was the Queen's Bench he meant, as will be seen by the proceedings there. By an error of the press in our article on O'Con- nell's plan in our last number, the word " tithes" was in one instance printed " letters." The exchanges are again becoming unfavourable, and Exchequer bills are dropping in consequence, greatly to the wonder of these wonderful gentlemen, the city correspondents, who are extremely puzzled in devising causes for the phenomenon. An interesting meeting took place in London on Thursday on the subject of Negro Slavery. We re- gret that the state of our columns allows only this passing allusion to it. EXCISE LICENSES.— There seems a very general ignorance of a most important clausc in these docu ments, even amongst those who hold them. If the beer- sellers will be at the trouble of perusing their licenses, they will find that, in the event of any convic- tion for an infraction of the license, the excise may at once revoke it. It seems very hard that a man must pay the penalty and suffer revocation also; but such is the law, and from recent experience it would ap- pear that the excise are determined to give it full effect. Last week we had exhibited to us a monster potato; this week we have been shown a giant turnip. The turnip was grown by Mr. Wallace, of Brierley- hill. It sprung up in a field of common Swedish. It measures 3 feet 4f inches in circumference, and weighed when lifted 17 lb. 4 oz.! It has been deposited at Mr. Pountney's, the Peacock, Aston- street, for the in- spection of the curious. In tlie London papers, a case of suicidc by a gentle- man named Wrightson, is described as having been perpetrated on Friday last. The story is from begin- ning to end a fabrication. ELECTION PETITIONS,— The following were pre- sented on Monday evening— Against the return for Roxburgh, ( Scotland, Tory); Ipswich, ( Whig); Sal- ford, ( Tory); Canterbury, ( Tory); Longford County, ( Tory); Belfast Borough', ( Tory); Petersfield, ( Whig); Bridgnorth, ( Tory); Sligo, ( Tory); Bristol, ( Tory); Honiton, ( Tory); Marylebone, ( Tory); Lancashire, ( Whig); Tynemouth, ( Whig); Youghal, ( Tory); Taunton, ( Tory); London, ( Tory). All these are, for the present, ordered to be taken into consideration on the 12th of December. NOTICES.— Amongst the notices now on the books the following are the more important;— Poor- law Com- mittee Revival, 27th November; Bill to abolish Grand Juries, 28th November; Irish Poor- laws, 1st Decem- ber ; Irish Corporations, 5th December; Reform Act Amendment, 8th February; Ballot, loth February; Poor- law Repeal, 20th February; Soap- tax Repeal, 8th March; Law of Libel, 14th December; Public Walks, after Christmas; Corn- law Repeal, 1st March; Brick Duty repeal of, 2ud March ; Glass Duty Repeal, 27th March. IRISH ELECTION FUND.— THE BALLOT. — On Monday night a meeting of the Branch No. 1 of the Loyal and Conservative Association was held in Union- street, for the purpose of promoting a subscrip- tion in aid of this fund. Mr. Edmund Heeley, who was in the chair, spoke at considerable length in support of the subscription. He concluded by reading a letter from the Rev. Thomas Moseley, in which the writer expressed his earnest anxiety for the success of the fund, and enclosed a couple of guineas towards it. The most important part of the proceedings, however, were the following declarations, which show strongly how much the ballot is desired, even by the Tory party itself, where, as in this case, men can prevail on them- selves to speak out— A workman rose, and said he considered that it was the bounden duty of the higher classes to show that they were determined to protect the poorer classes in the exercise of their elective franchise. He, for one, being employed in a large manufactory, had been exposed to a great deal of per- secution in consequence of his entertaining Conservative principles. Not only had lie been daily subjected to the abuse of his fellow- workmen, but the engine of exclusive dealing had been employed against him. He had then three children out of employ in consequence of the part he chose to take in politics; nothing would, however, ever in- duce him to swerve from the maintenance of those opinions which he believed were calculated to promote the best in- terests of the country; and he only hoped gentlemen of the higher classes would come forward in the way now recom- mended, and by their example, influence, and purses, show they were determined to protect the humbler classes in the exercise of their political rights. ( Loud cheers.) Mr. CORBETT, of the Johnson's Head, begged to offer I/, as a subscription towards the fund. He was one who had uffered from the effects of intimidation and exclusive deal- ing. The night before the last election John Pierce had told him if he voted for Stapleton he would ever afterwards sleep on thorns. In spite, however, of this and other threats of a similar kind, he exercised his right of voting independ- ently, although at the election he was covered with mud, and every other description of filth which the friends of Mr. Attwood and Mr. Scholefield could lay hold of. Since that time three clubs had been taken from his house, and he had been otherwise exposed to political persecution. He begged to say, however, that such treatment only con- vinced him the more of the correctness of Conservative opinions, and induced him to despise the tyranny of boasted Liberals. No reply was made by the gentlemen to these appeals. THE LATE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD.— A tablet has been erected in the chancel of Lutterworth Church, to the memory of the late Bishop of Lichfield, by his widow, the Hon. Mrs. Ryder. The tablet is of white marble, and contains a medallion with an excellent likeness of the bishop, by Hollins, of this town. The inscription is as follows:—" Sacred to the memory of the Hon. and Right Rev. Henry Ryder, D. D., Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 3' oungcst son of Nathaniel Lord Harrowby, and Rector of Lutterworth from 1801 to 1814. I11 the discharge of his pastoral duties in this place he was himself taught of God so deeply the ruin of man and the love of his Saviour, that what things were gain to him he thenceforth counted lost for Christ; aud consecrated his time, his talents, and his influence to His Glory. Eminently endued with that charity ' which beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things;' while he testified to all men repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ, ' he provoked them by his life and conversation, to love and good works; giving 110 offence in anything that the ministry might not be blamed.' As a chief pastor of the flock of Christ, his praise is in all the churches; but to per- petuate his memory as a parochial minister in a place which was dear to him as the scene of his early labours, and amongst a people whom he affectionately loved, and never ceased to remember in bis prayers, this tablet is erected by his widow. lie died at Hastings 011 the 31st of March, 1836, aged 58, testifying to the last, that in Christ alone he sought both righteousness and strength." SAILORS' HOME.— A meeting, on behalf of the Lon- don Sailors' Home aud the Destitute Sailors' Asylum, was held on Tuesday night, in the large school- room belonging to Christ Church, at the top of Pinfold- street. Wm. Chance, Esq., was called to the chair, and amongst other gentlemen present were, Daniel Ledsam, Esq., Capt. Elliot, ( one of the founders of the Sailors' Asylum,) the Rev. W. Marsh, the Rev. J. G. Breay, the Rev. T. Moseley, the Rev. T. Nunns, Capt. Rogers, the travelling secretary to the institu- tion. Captain Elliot addressed the meeting at some length, and after the business was over, 13A was col- lected in aid of the charity. NEW APPROACH.— Dr. Church has projected an im- portant improvement, by a new street which he pro- poses to open, leading from the common terminus of the London and Grand Junction Railways to Temple- row West, offering, in its progress and at its termina- tion, very great facilities, compared with those that are now enjoyed, of reaching the railroads from all the principal points of the town. The direction of the proposed street may be pretty nearly determined, by a line stretching from the railway terminus to the top of Needless- alley. It will be about nine hundred yards long, and it is proposed to be of a similar breadth with New- street. The property along the line is mostly of small value, and there seems very little doubt that the valuable frontage which it would create, would amply repay any company, public or private, that might be induced to form it. The railway companies seem to be the parties most interested in the plan; and may be supposed the most likely to carry it into executi 1.1 CONCERT IN AID OF THE BUILDING FUND OF THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.— This concert, we have no doubt, will prove highly successful, for 111 addition to that prince of song, Braham, Mrs. A. Shaw, who made such an impression at the late Musical Festival, and other eminent vocalists, are engaged The se- cured seats are, we understand, rapidly filling, several families of distinction having applied for them before even the necessary arrangements could be completed. GIG ACCIDENT.— O11 Wednesday, two gentlemen 011 business called at Mr. Salt's warehouse ill Edmund- street ; they left their gig unattended ; but without the slightest apprehension of any ill consequence, from the known quiet character of the horse. Unfor- tunately the reins got loose, and falling to the ground, startled the animal, which set off at full speed down the street. It had not proceeded far when the shafts broke; it then continued its course with still greater violence, till, coming in contact with some spikes, it drove ag'ainst them with so much violence as actually to hang by them; nor was it without an incision that it could be' extricated. The poor animal was horribly lacerated ; but, by a lucky chance, none of the great vessels were wounded, and its complete recovery is confidently expected. We have to repeat our invitation, frequently given before, that our readers will direct their attention to Mr. Hyam's curious and interesting announcement. BURGLARIES.— As is usual at this season of the year, the thieves are busily at work. On Sunday night they broke into a house in Worcester- street, when one of the gang was apprehended. On Tuesday night they broke into the office of the Deritend Brewery; and 011 the same night another party visited the wine- cellar belonging to Mr. George Whateley, at Handsworth. Rewards for the apprehension of the thieves have been offered in the two last cases. NORWICH UNION LIFE OFFICE.— We arc requested to direct attention to a notice in another column, call- ing a meeting of the Policy Holders 111 this society, resident in Birmingham and its neighbourhood, this day ( Saturday), at the committee room of the News Room. This step has been considered necessary by the highly respectable gentlemen whose names are attached to the advertisement, in consequence of the very unfavourable reports which are currently in cir- culation, relative to the conduct of Mr. Bignold, the manager, and the present Directory. These parties have been directly charged with a violation of the Deed of Settlement in allowing the Board to be re- duced to one member, and permitting the funds of the Norwich Union Life Office to be applied in support of the late Norwich Joint Stock Bank, of which Mr. Bignold was also the Managing Director, by which a considerable loss has accrued, and which loss the Di- rectors are liable to be called upon to make good to the Shareholders. One of the lately appointed Di- rectors has retired from any further participation in the management, stating, as his reason, that he found himself " in an outer circle responsible for the acts of an inner circle, over which he had no controul, nor, indeed, any knowledge of what was tlie real state of affairs." It was the wish of many of the principal Shareholders that a complete investigation of the affairs of the society should begone into ; but the Big- nold party, it appears, have had two meetings, 011 the 2nd and 16th iust., for the purpose of passing Aye- laws, which, it is stated, would have the effect of altering the constitution of the society, and thereby legalise all the past transactions of the Directors, and confirm and perpetuate their own authority. As a third meeting is called for the 30th of the present month, it ii thought necessary that the opinion of all interested in the Nor- wich Life Office, in this district, should be taken ; and, therefore, it is very desirable that a meeting should be called, at which, no doubt, particulars of the situa- tion in which the society stands will bo laid before them. A meeting- similar in its object to that which is called for to- day was held in London 011 Thursday. Mr. Maher has managed to discover a method of fabricating a writing ink of a very superior character for cleanliness and fluidity as well as colour. To the testimony borne to its excellence in our advertising columns we can freely add our own, derived from a not inconsiderable trial. ARISTOCRATIC ENJOYMENTS.— Amongst the other important reforms of our Whig governors, we owe their amendment of the game laws. How much of the nuisance was modified, and how much retained, may be estimated from the following paragraphs, which we find in juxta- position in the Chronicle of Monday:— SERIOUS AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.— LANARK On Sa- turday morning, soon after midnight, as Bertram, the game- keeper on Sir William Anstruther's estate of Westraw, Pittenain, was going his rounds, accompanied by another game- keeper, they espied in the clear moonlight three men armed as poachers, to whom they gave instant chase. Great exasperation of feeling had long existed between Bertram and some poachers in the neighbourhood, and he followed on till he neared the retiring men, when he cried out" Stand, or I'll fire upon you!" But, as they did not stop, at the distance of twenty yard6, he did fire, and some of the shot lodged in the backs of two of the men. One of them stag- gered forward a few paces and fell, when lis instantly be- gan to vomit blood. The other ran forward a little further, and also fell. The game- keeper at once proceeded to ren- der assistance to the one that fell first, and had him con- veyed to Bertram's house. Medical aid was procured from Lanark with the least possible delay, but the surgeons ex- press but little hope of his life. The other was borne away to a neighbouring farm house, where he also lies in a dan- gerous state. In the course of the morning Bertram was seized by the officers of the law, and in the afternoon, tile- sheriff having visited the dying men, ordered his commit- ment to gaol, to await the consequence of his rash act. Dickson, the man most severely wounded, was born and brought up in Calton of Glasgow. He is a nailer by trade. — Glasgow Chronicle FATAL ENCOUNTER WITH POACHERS.— About ten o'clock on the night of the 4th instant, two men, named Cook and Bromfield, accompanied by a large ferocious dog, were dis- covered laying snares lor game in the Earl of Coventi's pre- serves, in the parish of Holy Cross, near Worcester. The keeper immediately challenged the men, who set the dog upon him, the animal fastening on his throat, and dreadfully lacerating him. Assistance arrived, and a desperate en- counter between the keepers and the poachers took place, when James Bromfield was killed, and Cook secured and lodged in Worcester gaol. The keeper was so dreadfully lacerated that he was unable to attend before Thursday, when Cook was fully committed for trial at the next assizes. — Worcester Journal. Two hares killed, and two men murdered for the killing! Talk of Ireland, and Orangemen, and Rib- bon- men ! BANKRUPTS.— William Edwards Freeman, a draper trading at 90, Deansgate, in this town, having absconded with property belonging to his creditors, and having been traced to Boulogne, was made bankrupt, and Mr. James Knight of this town, was dispatched to France by Mr. Sale, the solicitor to the fiat, for the purpose of apprehend- ing him. Mr. Knight followed him to Boulogne, when lie found that Freeman had set off under an assumed name for Paris; Mr. Knight at once determined to proceed thither. On liis arrival he communicated with the British ambas- sador and the French government, from whom he received every assistance, and succeeded in apprehending Freeman in bed at his lodgings, with the property in his possession. The police would have at once imprisoned him, had he not surrendered himself, and given up the whole of his money to Mr. Knight, who, in consequence procured his release, and brought him back to England, to surrender to the com- missioners Manchester Guardian. MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE POLITICAL UNION. On Tuesday evening the council held its weekly meeting. The large room of the Public- office was crowded to excess in every part. - Mr. P. H. MUNTZ, on taking the chair, said he was glad to see so much enthusiasm amongst the people, because he felt convinced it would be all necessary. There had been a great deal expected from the government and the Parlia- ment ; they had now an opportunity of seeing all they had to expect from either, or both. It was clear they had nothing to expect, except from themselves. ( Hear, hear.) The Queen's speech did not contain even an allusion to their distress. The ministry did not condescend even to say that the working men were in distress. Their present difficulties and privations were not considered worthy of notice. Be- fore they went further into the business of the evening, it would be well to read the Queen's speech; it was right that every man should know how much he had to expect from his sovereign. Mr. Muntz then read the Queen's speech, delivered on Monday, and which will be found in another part of the paper. Mr. SALT immediately rose, and was received with loud cheering. He said it had been a matter of deep regret to him that, from many concurrent causes, the Political Union had been, lor some time past, compelled to inactivity. He himself had been at a loss to plan any decisive and effectual course by which the council might urge forward the cause of the people. It had been mortifying to him to see the council reduced to the character of a debating club, instead of being, as it had been intended, an active agent to which the people should look for the recovery of their rights, for liberty and happiness. He had been, however, gratified to perceive, in the constant aud crowded attendance of the membeisof the Union, the strongest proof that the Union had taken a deep and permanent root in the confidence and the affection of the people. ( Hear, hear.) That fact revealed to him a principle indestructible strength. They had now arrived at a period when the sincerity and energy of the people were about to be tested— where action must be substituted for debate— when promise must be tried by fulfilment; and patriotism proved by every sacrifice that patriotism might require. In the first establishment of the Political Union, the attention of the whole nation had been arrested by the novelty of such an institution ; and a sudden enthusiasm spread throughout the country, to which the government was compelled to yield. The novelty had ceased; the nation was weary and disappointed; the metro- politan press now left the political unions unnoticed and their proceedings unrecorded. The hosts of Newlmll- hilt were disregarded; and tlie efforts of the council were thus THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 25. 5 paralysed. It became the council to weigh well these diffi- culties, with a view to such an enlarged sphere of action as should restore their usefulness. If the hearts of Newhall- hill alone were powerless, the council must appeal to the universal people of England. If ever there existed motives that could hold strong dominion over the minds of men, they existed now. The present system left no safety for the merchant, no profit for the manufacturer, no employment for the workman. To escape from this general agony of fear or want, all were desirous of change; and change would and must come. It was for the council of the Political Union to call upon the productive classes to gather around it, and to demand such a radical change as should take power from hands that had so grossly misused it, and place it in the hands of the people, to be used for their own pro- tection. lie would relate to them a single anecdote, illus- trative of the degree of injury inflicted upon industry in this country, which existed only by its industry. One of the most extensive manufacturers of a neighbouring town lately told liim ( Mr. Salt) that he had found his profits progressively diminishing till 1832, when he ceased to realise an interest of five per cent, even upon the capital employed in his trade. Being a man of great energy, he immediately employed de- cisive measures. He went to a near relation who had 30,000?. embarked in the business, and told him he must immediately pay him out his capital, as it would no longer yield an interest. He proceeded to London, where he had two large establishments, one at the West End and another in the City. He suppressed entirely the establishment at the West End, and he pared down to the utmost that in the City. He returned to his manufactory and put in force there the same stern rule of retrenchment. By these means lie secured his own existence ; but let us see at what cost. He flung back in his relation's face his capital, telling him that capital, and iudustry, and knowledge of business, and facilities, would not yield an interest of five per cent. He dismissed a host of clerks, although the same causes that compelled him to dismiss them, prevented others from employing them. Who can tell the agony of the husbands and the parents thus turned adrift upon the world ! Then, in respect to those retained, came the paring down system the privation of the few and humble comforts that are the solace of toil. At every step human affections were lace- rated and human feelings trampled upon. Yet that manu- facturer never enquired, why he was thus doomed to be the minister of so much suffering and misery, instead of being the dispenser of happiness and comfort. And this is the state of England; a country raised to its pitch of pride and power by industry; which yet gives to wealth no secu- rity and to industry no reward! Mr. Salt had urged the manufacturer alluded to to call together the other great maaufacturers, and to enquire with them into the cause of so much wrong; but his entreaties were in vain. He ( Mr. Salt) then told him he had urged him to assume the rank to which his station entitled him, and to perform its duties, and he would not. If the middle classes would not demand justice for the people, the people must be called upon, and should be called upon, to demand justice for themselves.— ( Great cheering). A great and powerful people, like the people of England, would not consent to perish under the oppression of cruel and sordid factions—( Cheers.) Every labourer in England felt the cruelty and injustice of being deprived of an adequate reward of his industry. Every heart was full, aud every spirit willing, and it became the council now to gather together and direct all to one com- mon effort for this object without disguising the sacrifices to be made, and the difficulties and dangers to be encountered. Mr. Salt concluded by reading a series of resolutions to the effect, that the Union had seen with regret and indignation the absence of all allusion in the Queen's speech to the distress of the country, and that immediate means be taken to organise the people throughout the kingdom, for the at- tainment of their rights. Mr. DOUGLAS rose to second the resolution. He ex- pressed his extreme regret that the distress of the country had not been thought worthy of a passing notice in the Queen's speech. He did not expect that it would have occupied a prominent place there, nor did he expect tiiat any specific remedy would have been proposed for it; but lie certainly did not think the ministers of the Queen so entirely blind to passing events, as to allow that speech to go forth without even the most remote allusion to the sufferings of the people. ( Hear, hear.) Men who could be guilty of so extraordinary an act of forgetfulness, were like those who were mentioned in Scripture—" They had eyes, but they saw not; ears but they heard not; and hearts l> ut they did not understand." A COUNCILLOR : They will not see. Mr. DOUGLAS : It was of exceedingly little importance whether the omission was of ignorance or wilful. The ef- fect upon the people whom they governed, or rather mis- governed, was the same ; and he did not think it right that the people of England should be longer doomed to suffer / rom either their want of understanding or their obstinacy. ( Hear, hear.) In the speech from the throne the state of the country was only once adverted to. It was said that we enjoyed domestic tranquillity. Such astate of tranquil- lity as was exhibited by Mount Etna when the lava stream • was rising to the edge of the crater. Domestic tranquillity ! They had on every hand broken hearted manufacturers, bankrupt merchants, and starving labourers! Domestic tran- quillity!—( hear, hear)— If these things constituted the ele- ments of domestic tranquility, he knew not what was do- mestic confusion. But there was comfort in store for them. Her Majesty had entered into a treaty of commerce with the united republic of Bolivia and Peru ! and perhaps if the foreign peace and domestic tranquillity continued, we might be able to complete similar treaties with other states equally known and powerful! Such were the topics for which mi- nisters could find room in the royal speech, from which the sufferings of the people of England were sedulously excluded ! ( Hear, hear.) How happened it that the speech said nothing of the northern portion of America? ( Hear.) Was not that section of the transatlantic world deserving of a passing notice? There was a state of some fifteen millions of men commercially bankrupt. ( Hear, hear.) On that state the people of England were more dependent than on any other in the world. Was the bankruptcy of such a state not worthy of mention, even if our own were to be passed by? A gentleman had observed that ministers did not see the distresses of the people, because they would not. He was right. There was one means by which the distress of the country was brought home to the most ignorant and unre- flecting government. The state of the revenue brought it liome. The Chancellor of the Exchequer knew that in one quarter there had been a falling off of a million. If the diminution of the present quarter corresponded to that of the last, there would be a reduction equal to four millionson the year. Here was a loss of ten per cent, on the revenue of the country, and yet ministers never dreamt ofasking the simple question— how this thing came to pass? nor could they spare one word of compassion for the sufferings that the industrious classes must have had to endure under such a defalcation ! Their young and interesting, and, as they had been taught to view her, their reforming Queen, upon whom all their hopes were described as resting; towards whom every eye was directed in love as well as duty; she who alone stood between the people of England and that terrible bugaboo, the King of Hanover; she it was whom her wise and patriotic ministers had made to speak thus. Why, if King Ernest himself had been King of England, was it possible to have put into his mouth a less satisfactory declaration? [ Mr. Douglas here adverted to that part of the speech which related to the hereditary revenues, and to Ireland. He then alluded to the comment supplied by the language of ministers in the course of the debate on Monday. Hewenton:] What had the Reformers of England to expect from ministers? Lord John Russell had declared his unqualified hostility to ballot—( shame)— his determina- tion to resist any attempt at an extension of the suffrage— ( renewed disapprobation)— or to shorten the duration of Parliaments ! So strongly were he and his colleagues opposed to these things, that they would quit office rather than be parties to carrying them ! Such were the cheering pros- pects that the long expected, the long desired speech, and the commentary of its framers held out to them ! The declaration of ministers, however, was a subject on which he would leave his friend Mr. Hadley to enlarge. He would simply conclude by seconding the reception of the resolutions. The resolutions were received accordingly, and remitted to a select committee, to revise and report thereon to the next meeting of council. Mr. IhiiMv, who was received with loud cheering, said, he, as well as Mr. Douglas and others, had read the Queen's speech, and he must confess neither it nor that of Lord John Russell had given him any satisfaction. ( Hear, hear.) Lord John Russell's speech was only a confirma- tion of the doubts he ( Mr. H.) had always entertained of ' Whig intentions. He rejoiced, however, in one respect, at the noble lord's speech, because he always felt pleased when a man came out boldly and plainly, and told him what he really meant, and what he intended doing. It was a decided advantage to know exactly the real principles of those with whom we had to deal. They had now that advantage. It was the first time he ever saw a full length por- trait of whiggery. ( Laughter.) The Tories were, for the most part, in the habit of telling openly what they were, what they would do, and what they would not do; but a Whig was eternally fighting about the bush ; we never knew where to take him. He had the word liberty, justice, and patriotism, constantly upon his lips; but he had no honesty in his heart. The only exception to the general practice of whiggery he ever knew was, the recent speech of Lord John Russell, and for that he ( Mr. H.) thanked him most cordially. Many persons throughout the country had been induced to expect great things " from the present ministry; even in the Council of the Political Union there were some who fondly cherished the hope that they would evince a disposition to concede the just rights of the people; to give an attentive ear to their wants and com- plaints. He for one had been almost induced to give his assent to the oft repeated assertion, that ministers would, if they could, at length attempt some good for the nation. He saw that the court influence to which they had been told to attribute all previous inisgovernment, was no more; that all the associations and prejudices which had entangled each successive sovereign, and operated as a preventive to all real improvement, had passed away. He saw that they had a young and innocent Queen, of whom it had been said over and over again, that she had placed unlimited con- fidence in her ministers. And he naturally inferred, if this were true, and there had not been any reason to doubt it, that Lord John Russell had, as it were, handed to him a clean sheet of paper upon which he could write what system of government he pleased; and that he had only to will all further necessary reforms, and they were effected. In a word, he thought they were to have a new era of liberty, in which the rights of the millions were at length triumphant; and in which, laws for the government of all, and not of a faction, were to be passed. What was the fact? Why just the reverse of what he and others were led to expect. He would read to the Council that part of Lord John Russell's speech, in which the noble lord had declared he would not, on any conditions, or under any circumstances, consent to the three great measures of re- form, namely— vote by ballot, an extension of the suffrage, and short parliaments, all of which were almost universally admitted, in the present state of society, to be indispensably necessary for the general welfare of the community. Mr. H. read the extract alluded to, and in continuation said— It remained for them to say if in that speech they recog-. nised the language which they approved. ( Cries of no, no.) If they did, then, in the name of com- mon sense, let them dissolve the Union! ( Cries of No, no!) Let them break up all such associations, aud rest content with their condition. If, however, they thought otherwise—( hear, hear);— if they thought that they had been deceived and ill- treated by those in whom they had placed reliance; if they thought, with him, that they ought not to lie down and be trampled upon—( cheers) ;— then let them decide as men, and go with him in the resolution, which he would, on the earliest day their rules permitted, submit to them, and of which he was now about to give notice. ( Loud cheers.) The three great questions he had just noticed, had been brought forward in the House of Com- mons by Mr. Waklev, as an amendment upon the address to the Queen ; and what must be their surprise and indigna- tion, when they learned that only twenty men could be found in the house to support them. ( Hissing, and cries of Shame.) Lord John Russell admitted that he could not deny the defects of the Reform bill, and yet, notwithstand- ing this, he declared that he would not consent to an exten- sion of the franchise! After this declaration of Lord John Russell, and which was to be received and taken as the language of his colleagues also, what chance, he would ask, had they of any amelioration of their condition from Her Majesty's present ministers? ( Cries of None!) Then the only effectual means they could adopt, in his opinion, was, to proceed forthwith to rally the whole empire as one man, in favour of universal suffrage, vote by ballot, and triennial parliaments. ( Loud cheers.) He gave, and he was sure every honest Reformer must give, credit to Mr. Wakley, for the great moral courage he had displayed, in bringing forward the amendment; but the result of that motion clearly proved to them the House of Commons they had to deal with. Where was the man who could doubt, after the decision upon that amendment, the necessity of a great and further reform. He believed that the House of Commons was a fair representation of the present con- stituency. He was aware that bribery . and intimidation had existed at the last election to a considerable extent, and that some members had been returned under their influence, still it was evident, until further measures of reform were car- ried, it was useless to expect that the people and their wants could be fairly represented. Under all these circumstances, he thought that the Political Union must brace up their nerves for thecomingstruggle. ( Loud cheers.) He would have them use all the means in their power to induce the Reform members of the House of Commons to oppose the present ministry. ( Hear.) He did not hesitate to as- sert, that, in every instance where the Reform members could consistently vote against them, they ought to do so. If theycould only get Mr. Wakley and his twenty supyorters to offer a systematic opposition to the ministry whenever they could do it, Lord John Russell would not be in power one month hence, ( Cheers.) Lord John Russell thought he could play what tricks he pleased with the people; but if they were only united, they would show him he could not keep office without them. So strongly did he ( Mr. H.) feel on this occasion, that he declared that he would not again put his foot into that council room, nor show his face at any public meeting of Reformers in Birmingham, except some decisive steps were now taken to vindicate their prin- ciples. ( Cheers.) He was sick of the do- nothing system. God knows they had done much for the present ministry. They had borne with them long, overlooked their omissions and commissions, and many a time and oft thrown up their caps for them in the firm belief that they had the will and only wanted the power to do good for the people; look to the return ! A formal denunciation of all those measures upon which they had long set their hearts! One other sub- ject connected with the mode of action he had proposed— many great and good men had been actuated in their for- bearance towards the Whigs by the consideration of the benefits they had conferred upon Ireland, and by the fears that if the Tories again came into power there would be a civil war in Ireland. They believed that the return of the Orangemen to power would be the signal for bloodshed ; that Lord Mulgrave would be withdrawn, and that martial law would be established. Now, he believed, that all this terrible anticipation was a mere bugbear. He did not believe the people of Ireland, trained so well as they had been by Mr. O'Connell, would do anything which conld wariant a Tory government in establishing a military despotism there. Let them, therefore, not be deterred upon that account from endeavouring to oust the present ministry. Until the franchise was extended nothing good need be expected; and he then declared most solemnly that nothing wouid now satisfy him but universal suffrage. ( Loud cheers.) If the council could unite the reformers of England upon that point, and he thought they could, and upon ballot and triennial Parliaments, they would soon get a House of Commons that would attend to their wants. He concluded by giving notice that he would, at the next meeting of the council, bring under consideration the declaration of Lord John Russell relative to the three great questions, for the attainment of which the Political Union was established. Mr. DOUGLAS said he had also to give notice of a motion for the next night. Allusion having been made to Ireland by Mr. Hadley, he would premise one word upon that subject. H e thought that they need not be under any apprehension that a Tory government would establish a military despotism there. The expression of such a fear came at any rate with a very bad grace from those who had not only threatened, but inflicted, a military government upon Ireland. If they had a Tory government in power, he defied them to frame a measure of greater infamy than the Coercion bill passed by Lord Grey and his colleagues. Nothing could be meditated by a Tory government that had not been practised by the Whigs. The Queen's speech talked about the Canadians; they were to be coerced too! ( Laughter.) Aye, they might well laugh at the idea of coercing the Canadians. They need not fret much about them. They would soon, very soon, settle the dispute whenever the Whigs thought proper to begin it. ( Cheers.) They would stand by them- selves, and make their enemies stand afar off, and by them- selves too. ( Hear, hear.) Whether that limb of the British empire was to be lopped off as America was, he knew not; of one thing he was quite certain— the Ameri- cans were very anxious to have the question of the boundary between the two countries settled; it would soon be settled, if the ministers proceeded with their promised crusade. With respect to the motion of which he now gave notice, he considered it clearly in accordance with their principles, as Radical Reformers. Her Majesty's ministers had declared they would resist, with their political existence, those great principles which the Union had declared to be essential; it became them to take a decided position, and call upon all Reformers throughout the kingdom to do the same. The Reformers of Birmingham could influence two votes in the House of Commons ; and two really honest votes such as they could command were not to be despised at the present time, when parties were so nicely balanced. He had often told them that if fifty members of the House of Commons stuck together, theycould destroy any ministry, and he felt confident that if Mr. Wakley and his small band only stuck together, they could place the present ministry in a minority upon any of their own questions; and we had now reluctantly come to that point when we must give up the ministry, or give up our principles; Lord John Russell left us no other alternative. Under the circumstances in which the ministerial declaration had placed them, he thought they would be quite justified in calling upon their members to withdraw their support, from Lord Melbourne. If Mr. Hadley's motion was carried, he would, therefore, move that Messrs. Attwood and Scholefield be respect- fully requested to offer every opposition which they could constitutionally, arid with a just regard for their own con- sistency, to Her Majesty's present ministry. Mr. Muntz having vacated the chair, and Mr. Weston being called to it protem., Mr. Muntz said, he wished to submit a motion which he had no doubt would receive the sanction of the council. Mr. Wakley, in submitting his amendment to the House of Commons, and Sir William Molesworth and the other honourable gentlemen, in sup- porting it, had evinced no ordinary courage. Now, he did not think it right that the Reformers of England should let such men fall away for want of prompt assistance. ( Hear.) No, they ought to tell them that their conduct had been marked and approved. He, therefore, felt great pleasure in due, and are hereby given to T. Wakley, Esq., and Sir W. Molesworth, Bart., for moving and seconding the amend- ment to the Commons' Address to the Crown; and also to J Hume, G. Grote, and G. Ward, Esqs., together with the other members who voted in favour of the amendment, for the manly and patriotic manner in which they supported the same, and asserted the principles of the Radical Re- formers." Mr. COLLINS rejoiced that the resolution had been brought forward; he considered it right that they should strengthen the hands and encourage the hearts of their friends wherever they found them. The men who brought forward the amendment and supported it, were deserving their best thanks. He never expected the ministry would have brought forward remedial measures for the relief of the country; but he must say, he still less expected they would have dared to pass its distresses over unnoticed, and not even deign to sympathise with the people. Mr. WESTON said great was his disappointment on find- ing that the Queen's speech did not contain any allusion to the sufferings of the people. He knew that there were many good and excellent men who had been led to be- lieve that Lord Melbourne would extend some relief to the industrious classes, and he firmly believed that many of the working men entertained such hopes. They had been disappointed, and unless they relied more upon them- selves in future, they need only look forward to still greater disappointments. It was an old adage, that when rogues fell out honest men came by their own. That such a union had taken place was evident, from the conduct of the Duke of Wellington in the House of Lords, and Sir Robert Peel in the Commons. Both these wily poli- ticians had plainly coalesced with the Whigs to oppose the people's rights. If he did not believe that there was a just heaven above all, he would despair at seeing such an unprincipled alliance. Various had been the ways in which justice had been meted out at various times to the oppres- sors of the people. They knew the fate of the tyrants of France. They knew what had been the fate of Castlereagh. What would be the fate of the present Ministry they could not tell. One thing he hoped to see, and that was, the people united, firm, and determined; and if so, in despite of their powerful enemies, the cause which was righteous and just must triumph. Mr. EDMONDS said if there was one portion of the com- munity who ought to feel dissatisfied more than another, at the Queen's speech, it was the persons who had lately waited upon Lord Melbourne in connection with the me- morial committee. Lord Melbourne, on that occasion, lully and unequivocally admitted the existence of distress, and yet there was not a single allusion to it in the speech 1 He did not consider any observations made by the previous speakers in reference to that omission as too strong. Mr. Muntz's resolution was then put and carried unan- imously. A specimen of Mr. Grote's ballot box was then exhibited, and the machinery of it explained at length by Mr. Douglas, very much to the satisfaction of the meeting. When the ex- hibition finished, the meeting broke up. submitting to the council the following resolution : — ' " That the thanks of the Birmingham Political Uai Union are UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE. The Working' Mail's Association gave a dinner on Wednesday to Messrs. Roebuck, Colonel Thompson, Mr. Wakley, Mr. O'Connell, and several other gen- tlemen. We can find room but for one extract from the speeches, and we have taken, by preference, from that of Mr. Roebuck. In giving the toast of " The People," he thus expressed himself:— His definition of universal suffrage was, that every inha- bitant arrived at years of discretion, and untainted with crime, should possess a voice in the election of representa- tives to govern them. This was a rule which lie had adopted as his political creed, not because he believed the people were immaculate— not because he was inclined ever to sacrifice his opinions to the opinions of a majority— but because he believed there were no other means of forming a government that could bring out the welfare of the people in the same degree. Did they believe a government emana- ting entirely from the people would commit no mistake? Did they believe that, though each individual was fallible, nevertheless, that when congregated into masses they were infallible? Not at all. He, for his part, had no belief in the infallibility of any portion of the human race. Did he then wish to give the people poiver, because he believed they would never do wiong? Far from it. The history of all times told them that a majority was frequently in the wrong. But was that a reason why they should throw political power into the hands of the minority, who had a direct interest in doing wrong? The great difference between a popular and an aristocratical government was this, that the one had a direct interest in going wrong, and the other in going right. He believed if they had a popular government to- morrow, they would very probably go wrong; but they would go wrong because they did not know the right path, and not because they did not desire to follow it. Having thus established what he believed to be the grand funda- mental difference between these two forms of govern ment, he would ask them how they were to work out the attainment of their object— how they were to per- suade the great body of the people that it was for their in- terest to combine and endeavour to obtain one common end? He would answer, that it was by so instructing the people that they should know what was good for them. ( Cheers.) The people of England, when they desired an object, knew well how to obtain it. It might then be asked, why had they not universal suffrage? Why had they not a popular government ? It was because they had not attained to the knowledge that they were requisite to their happiness. They might blame the aristocracy— they might talk about the factions of Whigs and Tories— but the fault lay with the people themselves. Let no man blind and delude himself with the notion that the aristocracy kept them down. No such thing. They were down because they would crawl. • « » » * What did they desire ? Did the government, as at present instituted, bring out the popular will in the manner in which he would have it? He did not want to have a majority triumphing over a minority: he wanted a government which should bring out the popular will for the interest of all classes, that there should be no reckless want of consideration for any portion of the com- munity, but that as far as possible they should endeavour to bestow happiness upon every member of the community. He wanted to know if he was, because he held these opinions, to bow himself down, and to say that he held no one opinion except that which the people— that was the majority— held. He asked whether it was fair or just to call in question a man's honesty because he differed from ourselves on some important topics ? If he looked back at the history of his own times, he found the majority generally in the wrong; and, indeed, whenever he found himself voting in a majority, he suspected he was wrong. ( A laugh.) Notwithstanding this, he was prepared to go as far as any other man to take steps to prepare the public mind for the reception of ereat offices, and he believed that until they had universal suffrage, or something like it, there would never be a government in this country which would look after anything but partial, factious, and particular objects. At the present time there was a combination on the part of two factions to plunder and keep in ignorance the great body of the people, and they hud been exceedingly successful in their endeavours, both in plundering the people and keeping them in igno- rance. But the time was coming when the people would obtain their rights. The meeting in that room might be considered as the commencement of a brighter epoch, when the power of the people would not only remodel the go- vernment, but the whole social fabric of the country. ( Loud cheers.) This great power was rising from below, and not descending from the heights. He found that wher- ever darkness was maintained, ignorance fostered, bigotry kept alive, there he found the aristocracy at work; but where he saw just and generous principles advocated, truth and justice to man made part of religion, there he felt cer- tain that the people were at work. ( Loud cheers.) By the people he meant the masses, and not the mere 10/. householders, for he was no friend to the sliopocracy. ( Loud cheers.) He found the great mass of the population stir- ring wherever any generous emotion was created or any broad principles of justice acted upon. Why then not give the people political power ? To obtain such power the people must show that they deserved it. How could they show that? By showing that they were steadily pursuing the great object in view, as if it were of almost as much im- portance as their daily subsistence. The people were told that politics were not the business of the poor man. Why, the poorest classes were those who had the most immedi- ate interest in good government For them it was of the ut- most importance that there should be security for life and pro- perty, and above all, for labour, which was the basis of all property, for labour uncontrolled by masters or men, reckless alike of associations to keep down or to raise wages. Of this he had always been proud, that in the most aristocratical assembly but one in the world, he had the courage, and lie would have the vanity to say, the great gratification, of rais- ing freely in the face of the aristocracy the banner of demo- cracy. ( Loud cheers.) " I still believe," concluded Mr. R., " and will believe till I see it fairly stricken down, that this banner will still float, and be carried onwards in triumph till it is established, firmly surrounded by the people of Great Britain and Ireland; till eacli man possesses those political privileges which he deserves, and ought to have ; till go- vernment being thus with the people, shall seek to attain the happiness of the greatest number, and until they see not simply a wise ' government, but an improving morality amongst the people; and till they should not be disgusted, as they now daily and hourly were, with corruption in pub- lic men, ignorance and brutality amongst the people; but till, on the contrary, they should see united intelligence and probity governing and watching over all. ( Loud cheers.) LATEST NEWS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY. In answer to a question from Lord Stanley, Lord John Russell stated that he meant to postpone the consideration of all election petitions till after the holidays. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought be- fore the house the question of the Civil list. The right honourable gentleman, after alluding to the manner in which the house proceeded the last time they were called on to consider the question, went into a lengthened history of the Civil list generally, and the permanent and casual payments to the account of it, from the time of Queen Anne downward. The only curious fact stated by Mr. Rice was, that during the reign of the third George, 110 less than five mil- lions sterling- accrued to the monarch from droits of admiralty and other casual sources, over and above his enormous income from the consolidated fund, and from the numerous hereditary revenues which were then unalienated. And yet, during the sixty years of that monarch's reign no less a sum than 3,398,000/. was voted at various periods for payment of the civil list debts. The right honourable gentleman, on coming to the immediate question before the house, noticed the peculiar position of the Queen, in having no personal property bequeathed to her, as her prede- cessors had. He then enumerated the various items : for the Privy Purse, 60,000/.; Female Establishment of the Sovereign, 9,000/.; Charities and Secret Service, 23,000/. The item of the Household Mr. Rice did not specify in gross, though he announced that very con- siderable reduction would be made, in terms of the Civil List Committee that sat in November, 1830 The last item was the Pension List. Having stated the reduction that had taken place from deaths in the course of last reign to be above 26,000/., and the pre- sent amount to be 149,802/., and having quoted the resolution of 1834— that pensions should be granted only to such persons as had just claims oil the public— lie went into a detailed defence of certain parties who had been censured for receiving pensions. He then stated the plan which it was proposed to follow in respect to pensions to be in future granted :— We think that for the purpose of having a perfect secu- rity, a few alterations in the system of granting civil list pen- sions ought to be made. ( Hear, bear.) The first is, that what is the matter of a mere resolution now, should be in- troduced into the Civil List act, and have the recognition of the law. That will give to the granting of pensions the force of authority— it will make it more difficult to depart from the recognised principles. But that will not be enough of itself. It is true, the government may be responsible, but Parliament may be kept in the dark on the subject. ( Hear, hear.) A minister may die, and you may have no means of fixing the responsibility. I propose, then, that in future the amount of the civil list pensions granted every year, and the particulars of those pensions, be laid [ annually on the table of the House of Commons. ( Cheers.) I affirm the responsibility of the minister in the first instance, and, to enable Parliament to act on that responsibility, I would make it incumbent on the minister to give the fullest information to Parliament; so that if a wrong is done, if an abuse creeps in, immediate detection may follow, and Parliament, if it pleases, can interfere. ( Mucfi cheering.) Mr. RICE then proceeded to meet the motion of Mr. Harvey for a general inquiry into, and revision where necessary, of the existing pension list :— I hold that any government that recommends the grant of a pension is responsible for it. I hold that it may be made matter of fair inquiry. ( Hear, hear.) I hold that that inquiry may be forced into the House of Commons. ( Hear.) I hold that the proper time for enforcing such inquiry is the time of the revision of the civil list. I hold that if there is anything wrong in the granting of these pensions we are responsible for their recommendation; and if that responsibility extends to a period before our time, and anterior to the new settlement of the civil list, a due regard being had to the just claims of the parties, it is a subject of inquiry to which I cannot offer opposi- tion , and I am ready to say that I will go anew into such an inquiry, saving the just rights of the parties ; for under no circumstances would I trench on them. Whether the pensions were rightly given or not rightly given, that is a fit subject for inquiry; that is an inquiry to which I cannot say no ; therefore I am prepared with respect to that to say, I like the proposition of the honourable and learned gentle- man, but I also say it is of that magnitude and importance that the government are willing, in the face of the house and the public, to assume the responsibility of themselves mov- ing the committee and conducting the inquiry. ( Cheering.) And I say further, if we do it, we do it strictly on the principles laid down and avowed in the honourable and learned gentleman's resolutions, viz., subject to the just claims of the parties. I am not one who, in quest of popu- larity or for support in this house, or for any purpose of economy, will be a party to a siugle act of injustice. The rights of the sinecurists are as well secured to them by law as the lights of the pensioners. As regards the sinecurists, we granted a full inquiry into the circumstances on which their claims were founded. The lion, member for London was in the chair of that committee; the rights of the parties were regarded; no injustice was done; and I believe no injustice was meditated to any one by any one of the com- mittee which examined the facts. The committee made their report to government, who, to the best of ; their ability, carried the intentions of the comrn ittee into full effect. 1 am willing, on the part of the government, now to undertake the fullest inquiry of the nature of that to which I have just adverted. We will carry it on in accord- ance with the comprehensive words used by the honour- able and learned member himself— we will carry on that in- quiry in that spirit, and give to the public the full benefit of it. ( Cheers.) He did not think it possible to combine such ail in- quiry with the inquiry into the civil list, but the instant the latter was finished lie would move the former. Mr. Rice proceeded to state, that he intended to pro- pose the entire repeal of the 4^ per cent, duties. With respect to the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, he proposed that all the accounts should be regularly submitted to Parliament. Mr. W. HARVEY, in remarking on the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech, cautioned members against entertaining too extravagant notions of the boons an- nounced by government. The 4- j per cents, did not exceed 2,000/. a year, and the droits, which were also to be given up, did not now exceed 1,200/.! Mr. Harvey thought some more evident plan of checking the accounts of the two duchies must be laid down They were enormous. " If ever a gentleman, now in that house, should go to the other with the title of Duke of Lancaster, he would find himself possessed of a clear income of 100,000/. a- year !" Mr. Harvey concluded a very long speech with moving, that the committee should have power " to make a full ex- amination into the circumstances under which eatli existing pension was granted, and w hether the con- tinuance of the same was justified by any public ser- vices or other special circumstances." Mr. Hume thought the government proposition in- cluded all that was asked by the amendment. Mr. Rice having confirmed this statement, Mr. Harvey withdrew his amendment. The motion for Mr. Rice's committee was then put and carried. The following table was more than once quoted from by the Chancellor of the Exchequer :— CIVIL LISI OF WILLIAM IV. AND THE QUEEN. lst Class- anil — 3rd — 4th — 5th — - Privy Purse . Salaries Bills Special Service, Bounty ™ . Pensions, Unappropriated Money Total. WILLIAM IV. £ 110,000 130,000 171,500 23,200 75,000 Royal | HER MAJESTY. .. £ 60,000 .. 130,000 .. 172,500 23,200 75,000 9,000 ,£ 510,000 £ 470,000 It does not speak highly for his sincerity, that he did quote so ambiguous a document. King William's establishment was adopted for a Queen and a. King. The allowance of the former was 50,000/.; it is now 100,000/. The Civil List now proposed will, in effect, be 60,000/. more, instead of 40,000/. less, than that of King William. HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSDAY. Animportant statement was made by Lord BROUGHAM, in supporting a petition from Sheffield, for an amend- ment in the registration clauses of the Reform act. His lordship said— He would not be doing justice to his own opinions, nor would he be dealing fairly to their lordships, if, after having cheerfully complied with the request made to him to sup- port the petition for amendment, he did not add that he did not think that those corrections or those amendments, or that any corrections or any amendments in the mere details of the Reform act, would render that measure adequate to the great end which those persons who framed it, those who supported it, and those who adopted it, had in view, namely, of securing to the people a full and free represen- tation in the Commons' House of Parliament. It was not a fit time for him now to enter upon those amendments or those alterations, or to state their extent, further than to observe that actual experience had shown the absolute ne- cessity of amendment, not only in the details, but in the fundamental principles of that measure; and he particularly alluded to an extension of the suffrage, of the necessity for which he was now as fully convinced as he was at the time it was broughtforward, of the importance of the original measure of Reform itself. Letters were received in Birmingham last night from New York, of date the 8th of November! The packet, the Pennsylvania, supposing her to have sailed on that day, must have performed the passage in fifteen days, at farthest, from port to port! This, if not the shortest, is amongst the shortest known. The New York Whigs have beaten their democratic opponents in the city election by a majority of 2,000. As the city was considered a sort of stronghold of the Van Burenites, the victory is very much crowed over. THE KING v. MUNTZ. Our London correspondent says:—" It was not until eleven this ( Thursday) morning, that the King v. Muntz, Pare, and others, was called on for hearing in the Queen's Bench, by special appointment. Sir Frederick Pollock had, however, no sooner risen to show cause against the rule, than he was interrupted by the Attorney- General, who, addressing the court, said he had mistaken the day set down for the fur- ther proceedings in this cause. He really thought it had been to- morrow, and under the circumstances he had not brought with him the necessary papers, and was, therefore, not now prepared to pi'oceed. He craved the indulgence of his learned friend until morning. Sir F. Pollock, Sergeant Talfourd, and Mr. Hill, complained of the proposed postponement as prejudicial to their clients, who were most anxious there should be no longer delay. If it were put off until to- morrow, the probability was it might not come oil at all this term. Sir F. Pollock said, although it might greatly inconvenience him and the learned gentlemen who were with him, and would detain several parties in town who were up specially on this business, he would not oppose the postponement if the Attorney- General would undertake himself to bring it on the first thingin the morning, without waiting for him ( Sir F. P.) to move in the matter. The Attorney- General did not seem willing to accede to this pro- posal ; upon which Lord Denman said he thought there should be no obstacle to the Attorney- General doing as requested, particularly, as he understood, the proceedings were likely to occupy a considerable time. This observation from the court induced the Attorney- General to undertake that he would, of his own motion, bring it on the first thing on Friday morning." ThE VALLEY OF DEATH There are two remarkable instances in nature of a corrupted state of the atmosphere, by which it is unable to support animal life— the Grotto del Cane ( grotto of the dog) in Italy, and the Valley of Death, in the island of Java; both depending on the presence of carbonic acid in the atmosphere in unusually large propor- tion. The latter has been described by Mr. Loudon, in No. 23, of the Edinburgh Philosophicnl Journal; from which the following extracts are made :— BALOR, JULY 3, 1830.— This evening, while walking round the village with the Patteli ( native chief) he told me that there was a valley only three miles from Balor, that no per- son could approach without forfeiting their lives, and that the skeletons of human beings, and all sorts of beasts and birds, covered the bottom of the valley. We took with us two dogs and some fowls, to try experiments in this poison- ous hollow. When within a few yards of the valley, we experienced a strong, nauseous, suffocating smell, but on coming close to the edge, this disagreeable smell left us. We were now all lost in . astonishment at the awful scene before us. The valley appeared to be about half a mile in circumference, oval, and the depth from 30 to 35 feet, the bottom quite flat— no vegetation— some very large, in appear- ance, river stones, and the whole covered with the skeletons of human beings, tigers, pigs, deer, peacocks, and all sorts of birds. We could not perceive any vapour or any opening in the ground, which last appeared to be of a hard sandy substance. The sides of the valley from the top to the bottom, are covered with trees, shrubs, & c. It was now proposed by one of the party to enter the valley; but at the spot where we were, this was difficult, at least for me, as one false step would have brought us to eternity, as no as- sistance could be given. We lighted our cigars, and with the assistance of a bamboo, we went down within eighteen feet of the bottom. Here we did not experience any diffi- culty in breathing, but an offensive nauseous smell annoyed us. We now fastened a dog to the end of a bamboo eighteen feet long, and sent him in ; we had our watches in our hands, and in fourteen secands he fell on his back, did not move his limbs, or look around, but continued to breathe eighteen minutes. We then sent in another, or rather he got loose from the bamboo, but walked in to where the other dog was lying ; he then stood quite still, and in ten seconds he fell on his face, and never moved his limbs afterwards ; he continued to breathe for seven minutes. We now tried a fowl, which died in one minute and a half. We threw in another, which died before touching the ground. During these experiments we experienced a heavy shower of rain; but we were so interested by the awful scene before ui, that we did not care for getting wet. On the opposite side, near a large stone, was the skeleton of a human being, who must lmve perished on his back, with the right arm under the head; from being exposed to the weather, the bones were bleached as white as ivory. I was anxious to procure this skeleton, but any attempt to get at it would have been madness." " The human skeletons aie supposed to have been rebels, who had been pursued from the main road, and taken refuge in the different valleys, as a wanderer cannot know his danger till he is in the valley, and when once there, one lias not the power or pre- sence of mirid to return." It does not seem that any at tempts were made to collect some of the air in the valley for examination, but there is every reason to believe that it consists of, or contains a large proportion of carbonic acid, — a gas which is known to be abundant in volcanic coun- tries; while the effects on the animals sent into the valley resemble those which would be produced in an atmosphere of this gas. Carbonic acid gas is very heavy, and henee readily accumulates in any low situation where it may be poured into the atmosphere. In the present case, and in the Grotto del Cane, ( a case in which similar phenomena are observed in the strata of air next the ground,) it may be supposed that the carbonic acid gas is produced in the in- terior of the earth by some volcanic actions, which it is known are continually going on at no great distance, and that by fissures in the ground it passes through to the sur- face, where, from being surrounded by the sides of the valley, and thus excluded from the action of the winds, it accumulates, and mixes very slowly with the general mass of the atmosphere lieid. HIGHWAY*— Amongst the " General Rules for repairing Roads" which are laid down in the New Highway act, one is of much importance; and, for public information, we quote it:—" It is absolutely necessary to remove trees from the sides of the roads, and to keep the fences under five feet in height. No less than 25 per cent, of the expense of repairing the roads is incurved by the trees and the im- proper state of the fences, keeping the roads wet, and by that means occaiioning the rapid destruction of the material." AN APPRENTICE ADVERTISER.— De celumbrated wocalis^ Massa Golden, a gernmen ob color, is being giving concerts to de Portland folk. Dey is wery well patronise— Barba- does paper. STAMP DUTY ON MARRIACE CERTIFICATES. — In answer to some questions put to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the Rev. Dr. Wilson, rector of St. Mary's, Ahlermanbury, upon the subject of parties requiring certificates of marriage being liable to the stamp duty, the Chancellor says, " that certified copies of marriage entries obtained from the regis- trar under the provisions of the Registration act, sec. 36, are not liable to the stamp duty of 5s. payable on marriage certificates; and the same exemption applies to certified copies of marriages given by a clergyman under the 35th section." 6 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 25. 6 LITERATURE. THE BOOK OF CARTOONS.— RICKERBY : London.— This is a very beautiful book. The famous paintings to which it is devoted have been well and faithfully rendered by Warren ; and the letter- press description, by the Rev. Mr. Cattermole, is freely and pleasantly written, with just so much of grave remark, naturally suggested by the subjects of his comment, as may suffice to instruct the reader without wearying him, and just so much of criticism as was necessary to ex- plain the less obvious points of the several engravings. The Book of the Cartoons is embellished, in addition to the seven pieces from which its title is derived, with a fine head of the divine author, as the Italian critics designate the great master, and a brief and well written memoir of his life. It is handsomely printed, and handsomely done lip, and forms in all respects, we should say, as interesting and valuable a Christmas present as the most pretenceful of the volumes that have been published for that purpose. BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS— RICKERBY.— The present edition of this most delightful of all books is enriched with a very sensible and well written life of the author, by Mr. A. St. John. Of the Pilgrim's Progress it would be somewhat superfluous to speak at this time of day. It is one of the few works of sterling genius which is at once the delight of the critic and of the public. To the young it supplies, in its admirably conceived and curiously wrought allegory, a never- ending entertainment, and to the old in the solidity and importance of its truths an abiding source of com- fort and instruction. No more admirable combination of good and pious sentiment, with brilliant and beauti- ful imagery, exists in the English language. For as John says— It seems a novelty ; and yet contains Nothing but sound and honest Gospel strains. It is a proud boast for the " people" that the two greatest men of which the literary history of the country can boast were born and nurtured in their lowest rank — that a butcher's stall at Stratford, and a tinker's shop at Bedford, should send forth men before whom all that Oxford and all that Cambridge ever produced, of noble and of great, must be content to vail their bonnets. If the " soft- flowing Avon" be justly proud of the boy poacher, who dreamt of things more than mortal on its banks; equally may Bedford boast of its mender of kettles, whose name and fame will shed a lustre over that town long after the mighty house of Russell has been forgotten. RICKERBY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND.— Mr. Rickerby is publishing in monthly volumes, the history of Eng- land by Hume and Smollet, witli a continuation to the present time, by the Reverend H. Stebbing. An ele- gant paper on the study of history, by the editor, is prefixed to the first volume now before us; which is embellished with a head of Hume, a very neat vignette of Caractacus before Claudius, and heads of the va- rious Kings, to Henry II. inclusive, whose reigns are given in the volume. The work is to be completed in twenty volumes. It is very handsomely got up, and the paper and typography are unexceptionable. The engravings are all good. HORAE LYRICAE— RICKERBY.— The hymns of Dr. Watts are in every one's hands, and many of them suf- ficiently indicate the poetic talent of their reverend author. The present volume contains a number of other pieces, for the most part occasional, which do not detract from the fame which Dr. Watts' devotional poetry has justly acquired. Prefixed to the hymns is a life by Dr. Southey. The Horae Lyricae form an exceedingly neat little volume, which may be carried in the waistcoat pocket, and will be found by the se- rious to be an admirable carriage, as well as parlour companion. . DOUBLE— ENTRY BOOK- KEEPING— COMMERCIAL HINTS, BY THOMAS SMITH.— The first of these books is a useful little treatise ; and its plainness and simpli- city fits it well, as it is intended, for school- boy study. We think its simplicity would have been more marked had the " Journal" been omitted— a book which is worthless as an authority, and in practice offers no advantage or facility whatever. We cannot say much for Mr. Smith's English. Mercantilely, unprecedently, sound rather strangely. " Universally particular" is something like a bull. We have, besides, " charges emanating out of" " an ulterior tendency of making," and a great many phrases equally novel. These de- fects, which are not of much importance, could only have arisen from Mr. Smith's forgetfulness of his own recommendation to a junior clerk, " to let his errors be as few and as simple as possible." NATIVES OF VAN DIEMAN'S LAND.— These people are, we regret to say, decided cannibals. Tliey do not, however, indulge in this horrible propensity, except in two cases, the one in consuming the bodies of hostile tribes killed in battle, and the other— we shudder to relate it— on their own off- spring. The women are accustomed to nurse and suckle their children, until three or four years old, and in order to get rid of the trouble aud inconvenience of finding susten- ance for two, should a second be born before the eldest is weaned, they destroy the youngest immediately after its birth. There are some mothers also among them who destroy their offspring from mere wantonness, and one female, the wife of Nullumbord, was pointed out to Mr. Wedge as liaving destroyed ten out of eleven of her children. The increase of the tribes is of course by this murderous means, materially kept down. Polygamy, however, is common, few of the men having less than two wives, and some four or more. The women are the slaves of the men, and they are severely chastised by their husbands on the least fault or neglect of duty, even on the occasion of want of success in hunting or procuring food. To do this, the unfeeling males take the burning brands from the fire, and cast them with force, and too sure an aim, at their oppressed victims. Surely the work of colonisation, and the posses- sion of this beautiful territory, by civilised Christians, is to be accounted a human benefit, and not an unjustifiable en- croachment. On the death of a husband, his wives, whatever be their number, become the property of the eldest of his brothers, or of the next of kin. The men are jealous of their wives, and when any culpable intrigue is discovered, it very gener- ally leads to the death of the offender, unless the latter be powerful or wealthy, and gives in return some weighty com- pensation. In bestowing daughters for wives, they are promised as soon as they are born, and, on these occasions, the parents receive presents of food, opossum or kangaroo skin rugs, spears, & c., from the person to whom she is be- trothed, and these arrangements are considered as binding as the marriage knot among us. The are prohibited from looking at the mother of the girl given to them in mar- riage, which singular custom is observed with the strictest caution. The fights which occasionally take place between the different tribes are not often fatal, though the weapons of war are very dangerous. But they are remarkably expert in avoiding a blow, and very generally escape unhurt. Their skill in tracing the path " of a kangaroo or other animal would be almost incredible to a European. The slightest disarrangement of the grass, a broken twig, or the smallest thing that indicates the passing of an object, is perceived, and serves to guide pursuit. Their perceptions of seeing, hearing, and smelling, are remarkably acute, and then- patient perseverance in watching for, game is equally wonderful. Their food consists principally of kangaroo flesh, and other animals, fish, roots of various kinds, black swans, ducks, and many other birds as well as reptiles. In their appetites they are quite voracious, and the quantity they devour at one meal, as Mr. Wedge says, " would astonish a London alderman, although not so fastidious in the qual- ity of the viands."— Van Dieman's Land Almanack. AIR At first we might suppose the air not to be a sub- stance or body; we walk in it, and move every limb with- out any feeling indicating the presence of any thing. We cannot see nor touch it; it has no taste or smell. On a calm day one might be apt to say, 011 looking on a building at a distance, that there is nothing between him and the building— that the space between is empty; but let him run, or be on the top of a coach going very fast, or even move the hand brisklv, he will then have a feeling of some im- pression on his face or hand, like that of some light sub- stance striking him, or like a gentle breeze. If, while run- ning, he hold an open umbrella behind him, he will feel something resisting the advance of the umbrella, and render- ing the exertion of force on his part necessary to pull it onwards; while no such force will be required to carry the umbrella closed, like a walking- stick, in the hand. There must be some substance present which causes the impression on the face or hand, and resists the open umbrella while advancing. This substance is the air: it is invisible, so that we see nothing in the space which it occupies; and we do not feel it on a calm day when we are moving slowly, be- cause it is so extremely light, and its particles strike upon the face so gently, and at comparativoly long intervals. But when we move fast the particles of air strike with a greater impetus, and hence produce a decided impression. When we attempt to draw the open umbrella along, we feel a great resistance, because the umbrella has to push such a large quantity of air before it; when the umbrella is closed, it has to push out of its way a much less quantity of air, hence less force is required. If we reflect that there is really no reason why matter should be very heavy ( indeed, there is a gas sixteen times lighter than air), and no reason why it must always be visible, we shall have little difficulty in conceiving that air is a substance or body, as well as water or iron. Nothing shows better that air is a substance than the riatutfl of wind. Wind,— whether a gentle breeze that is scarcely felt upon the cheek, and is insufficient to swell out the can- vas of a sailing vessel, a brisk gale, communicating a strong impulse to the sails of a ship, and driving it along at the rate of many miles an hour, or a hurricane tearing up trees by the roots, converting the surface of the ocean into raging billows, and hurrying everything before it in its progress,— is nothing but air in a state of motion; in the first case moving very slowly, in the last moving with almost incre- dible velocity ( at the rate of scores of miles hourly); and it is his velocity to which it owes its force. When moving slowly it is scarcely felt, just as a leaden ball might be thrown so gently at a board as to leave not the slightest im- pression, while the same ball, if discharged with explosive violence from a musket, would penetrate the hardest oak. The phenomena of clouds or a balloon floating in the air, or of birds flying, also point out that it is a material substance. They rest upon the air in the same way as a ship does on the surface of water. A person looking into a room in which nothing can be seen but the walls, would be apt to say, there is nothing in it; but there is air, and although he does not see it, the room is completely filled with it, so much so, that if he walk into it he drives out so much of the air at the moment in which lie enters— Read. A FiEtn OF BATTLE.— The vehement cannonade which had so long illuminated the heavens now ceased, and the cries of the wounded in the plain at the foot of the intrench- ments began to be heard above the declining roar of the musketry. At eleven at night, however, a deserter came into the Russian lines, and announced that a fresh attack was preparing. Suitable arrangements were accordingly made; and hardly were they completed, when dark masses of the enemy were seen, by the uncertain twilight of a mid summer night, to issue from the woods, and advance with a swift pace across the plain which separated them from the redoubts. Instantly the, batteries opened on the moving masses; they staggered under the discharge, but still pres- sed 011, without returning a shot; but when they arrived within reach of the musketry, the firing became so vehe- ment that the heads of the columns were entirely swept away, and the remainder driven back in great disorder, after sustaining a frightful loss. At length, at midnight, after twelve hours' incessant fighting, the firing entirely ceased, and nothing was heard in the narrow space which sepa- rated tiie two armies but the groans of the wounded, who, anticipating a renewal of the combat in the morning, and tortured by pain, implored removal, relief, or oven death it- self, to put a period to their sufferings. Heavy rain fell 011 the early part of the night, which, though it severely dis- tressed the soldiers who were unhurt in their bivouacs, assuaged the thirst and diminished the sufferings of the host of wounded of both armies who lay mingled together on the plain. With the first dawn of day, the Russians again stood to their arms, expecting every moment to be attacked; but the morning passed over without any move ment on the part of the enemy. As the light broke, the French were descried on the skirts of the wood in order of battle; but, more even than by their well- appointed batta- lions and squadrons, the eyes of all were rivetted on a spec- tacle inconceivably frightful between their lines and the re- doubts. This space, about a quarter of a mile broad and above a mile in length, presented a sheet of naked human bodies, the greater part dead, but some showing by their motions that they preserved consciousness or implored re- lief. Six thousand corpses were here lying together as close as they had stood in their ranks, stript during the night of every rag of garment by the cupidity of the camp followers of either army, ghastly pale, or purple with the blood which was still oozing from their wounds. How inured soever to the horrors of a campaign, the soldiers of both armies, even while they loathed it, felt their eyes fascinated by this har- rowing spectacle, which exhibited war stript of all its pomp, in its native barbarity; and, by common consent, the inter- val of hostilities was employed in burying the dead anil re- moving the shivering wounded to the rear of the armies— Allison. MURDER OF WALLENSTEIN.— Gordon, Leslie, and Butler, having pledged themselves to the murder by an oath, which they swore over their drawn swords, Butler brought seven other officers into the conspiracy; these were Geraldine, Devereux, Brown, Macdonald, Birch, Pestaluzi, and Lerda; the first five were Irishmen belonging to his own dragoons, and the last two Spaniards, captains in Terzka's regiment. The execution was fixed for the following even- ing; and, as Illo, Terzka, Kinsky, and Neumann, were to sup with Gordon in the citadel, it was resolved to com- mence with them, as it was well known that Wallenstein never joined such convivial parties. No sooner had the guests entered the castle on the fatal evening, than the gates were closed, and guards posted so as to prevent all egress. Captain Geraldine was stationed, with twelve dragoons, in an apartment that, opened into the supper- liall, while Cap- tain Devereux, with six more, stood in the apartment ex- actly opposite. To prevent noise the soldiers were without fire- arms, and were ordered to use their swords only. Not a shadow of apprehension seemed to cloud the party : the wine circulated briskly, as was wont in that bold, jovial, and boisterous time, and the guests were in high spirits at the thought of being beyond the reach of their enemies. The easy frankness of the conspirators disarmed suspicion ; but the idea of men supping tranquilly with their intended victims, offers a fearful proof of the callousness of which the human heart is capable. No sooner had the dessert been placed 011 the table, and the servants dismissed, than the signal was given. Geraldine instantly burst in at one door, exclaiming " Viva la casa d'Austria!" while Devereux en- tered at the other, asking, " Who are good Imperialists?" Butler, Gordon, and Leslie, sprang from their seats, drew their swords, and called out, " Vivat Ferdinandus !" on which the dragoons rushed, at once, upon the designed victims, as bloodhounds rush upon their prey. Kinsky was the first who fell; Illo was stabbed through the back in at- tempting to reach his sword, which hung suspended against the wall; Terzka alone contrived to get his sword, and, throwing himself into a corner, resisted with the fierceness of a lion at bay. He reproached Gordon and Butler with their baseness, challenged them to single combat, killed two dragoons outright, disarmed Deveieux, and mortally wounded Captain Lerda, before he sank beneath the blows of the assassin band. Neumann had fallen, wounded, under the table, and in the confusion escaped out of the hall; but, not knowing the countersign, was cut down by the castle guard. The first act of the tragedy thus concluded, the principal conspirators proceeded to hold another council. Long habits of submission and obedience,— the fame, great- ness, and power, of their victorious chieftain,— and the deference with which his subordinates had invariably looked up to Wallenstein, as to a being of almost superior nature, awed for a moment even murderers, whose hands were yet dripping with the blood of noble and innocent men. Their council was of short duration. Gordon raised a feeble voice in the cause of humanity ; and, though he hinted that those might rejoice in the murder who would yet punish the mur- derers,- his scruples were overruled by Butler, who better knew the parties he had to deal with. It was not very clear, indeed, that the duke could be arrested; but it was evident that he would not prove an acceptable captive at Vienna. As a fugitive outlaw, he was 110 longer dangerous to the house of Austria; but his escape might be dangerous to those who should connive at it, and would certainly bring them no reward; his death was the most agreeable service that could be rendered to the emperor; and avarice, therefore, sealed his doom. Two shots having been fired at one of Terzka's servants, who had cscaped from the citadel, Leslie made the soldiers of the main- guard renew their oath of fidelity to the house of Austria, admitted a hundred more dragoons into town, and caused them to patrole the streets, and maintain the most perfect stillness. Towards midnight, Butler, followed by Devereux and six dragoons, proceeded to Wallenstein's quarters; and, as it was not unusual for officers of rank to call upon the general at late hours, the guard allowed them to enter. Devereux, with his party, ascended the stairs, while Butler remained below to wait the result. It is said that Wallenstein had, only a few minutes before, dismissed for the night an Italian astrologer, of the name of Senni, who was then attached to his house- hold, and who declared that the stars still boded impending danger, which Wallenstein himself either could not or would not see. He had just retired to bed; and the ser- vant who had undressed him was descending the stair, when he met Devereux and his party, and desired them to make less noise, " as the duke was going to sleep." " But this is a time for noise," shouted Devereux, as he pressed on. Finding the door of the bedchamber locked, he burst it open with his foot, and entered, followed by the soldiers. Wallenstein was standing at the window ; startled by the screams of the ladies, Terzka and Kinsky, who lodged in the house opposite, and who had just learned the murder of their husbands, he had opened the casement, and was asking the sentinel what was the matter, at the moment Devereux broke into the room. The sight of his long- honoured and long- obeyed commander arrested not the hand of this bold and ruthless assassin. " Thou must die," he exclaimed; and Wallenstein, true to his pride of character, disdained to parley, even for life, with a slave and a stabber. Dignified to the last, he threw open his arms to the blow, and sank, without a word or groan, beneath the first thrust of the traitor's halberd, the blade of which went right through his breast. Thus fell a man who, as Gualdo says, " was one of the greatest commanders, most generous princes, and most enlightened ministers of his own, or of any preceding time;" and thus ended the work, for the successful termination of which the emperor had caused prayers to be offered up in all the churches of the capital— Mitchell's Life. VOLUNTARY SuprORT OF THE CHURCH— We learn from the first report in the Metropolis Churches Fund, that the subscription for building new churches in the metropolis amounts to 117,423?. The committee have begun to build three Churches, and have ordered plans to be prepared for two others, and, in addition, they have pledged the fund to assist in building ten other Churches, where part of the ex- penses is to be paid by local subscription. In all, fifteen Churches are about to be built in the metropolis; and, as by much the larger portion of them are to be built by local subscriptions, aided by the general fund, we may, without exaggeration, assume that more than double the sum men- tioned by the committee is already provided by voluntary subscription for increasing Church accommodation in the metropolis. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.— On comparing the free contributions of the present year from auxiliary societies with those of the last there is a considerable in- crease; the sums being respectively 27,502/. Os. 8d. and 30,633/. 19s. 8d. The total amount of expenditure, from the commencement, has been 2,291,884/. 4s. 8d. The issues of the society have been, at home, 378,797 copies; being 195,820 bibles, and 182,077 testaments; from depots abroad, 163,046 ; being 28,740 bibles and 189,306 testaments ; mak- ing the total issues, from the commencement, 10,293,645, of which 3,990,678 were bibles, and 6,303,967 testaments. The distribution, printing, or translation of the scriptures, in whole or in part, has been promoted by the society, directly, in 66 languages or dialects; indirectly, 69 languages or dialects; total, 153. The number of versions, omitting those which are printed in different characters only, is 157; of these, 105 are translations never before printed. From the report of domestic agents, it appears that 121 new so- cieties have been formed between January 1, and Decem- ber 31, 1836; and after removing from the list of names of such societies as have ceased to exist, there remain in the United Kingdom, auxiliary societies, 366; branch societies, 311; and bible associations, 1,530: total, 2,307. A MERCIFUL RULE Whenever you ask a lady to take wine, you should fill her glass to the brim, in despite of protestations, and look the other way till she has emptied it. It stands to leason that the number of glasses women allow themselves, being limited, they should be full. EDUCATION SOCIETY. ADJOURNED MEETING— WEDNESDAY. On Wednesday a meeting of a few influential gentlemen was held at the Public- office, for the purpose of pioceeding with the business which had been postponed on the former day. The Low BAILIFF was called to the chair. The Rev. T. MOSELIY wished to be informed whether the present was a public meeting, convened to take into consideration the subject of national Education, or the subject of a statistical enquiry, or whether it was the meet- ing of a provisional committee appoirited at a former general meeting. The Low BAILIFF apprehended that it was merely a meeting of the provisional committee. Mr. EDMONDS said, a considerable difficulty arose in con- sequence of two objects being included in the business appointed for the last meeting; the latter of which was not discussed before the meeting resolved itself into a provi- sional committee, and the meeting adjourned. He con- cluded by moving, that the committee should be open to all who chose to attend, and that they immediately proceed to business. Mr. HAWKES SMITH seconded the resolution. Mr. CORRIE suggested that they should proceed as a pro- visional committee, to complete the formation of the pro- posed society; and at the conclusion of that, they should take into consideration the second part of the business fixed for the last meeting— viz. the propriety of having a town's meeting. Dr. Hour said he had the honour to move the resolution which met with unanimous support at the last meeting, and he now felt, he must confess, inclined to go a little farther than he did on that occasion. With the permission, there- fore, of the gentlemen who had drawn up the scheme of the proposed society, he would beg to suggest some little devia- tion from the name by which it was proposed to denominate the institution. He begged leave to move that it be named " The Birmingham Educational Society." ( Hear, hear.) He thought that if it was termed " The Birmingham Sta- tistical Society," they should be restricted in all their subse- quent acts, whereas if they adopted the title he proposed, they should be able to pursue their enquiries with a view to the furtherance of education. The Rev. J. GARBETT wished to be informed what was the title given to the society in the scheme alluded to by Dr. Hoby? Mr. RVLAND ( Secretary) " The Birmingham Educational Statistic Society." The Rev. J. GARBETT confessed that he preferred the latter title to, the one proposed by Dr. Hoby. It seemed to him as the one best likely to be understood, and certainly it best expressed the immediate object the society had in view— the collection of statistical information in connec- tion with education. Mr. Hawkes Smith, Mr. Edmonds, the Rev. J. A. James, and Mr. J. T. Lawrence supported the proposition, which was opposed by the Rev. S. Morgan, the Rev. T. Nunns, Mr. W. Chance, Mr. Boultbee, and the Rev. T. M. M'Donnell. The HIGH BAILIFF suggested that the title of tile society should be given as nearly as possible in the terms of the re- solution ; and for this reason, and if possible to preserve unanimity, he begged leave to move that it be nominated ' The Birmingham Statistic Society, with a view to pro- mote the general improvement of education." ( Hear, hear.) The Rev. J. GARBETT said he should be peifectly satisfied with what the High Bailiff proposed, aud if 110 other gen- tleman seconded the amendment, he should he happy to do so. Dr. HOBY then withdrew his motion, and the High Bailiff's proposition was carried unanimously. The Rev. W. MARSH said it gave him sincere pleasure to find the last resolution carried with such unanimity, and he hoped the one he was about to propose would be received in the same manner. He begged to move that all persons paying 10s. per annum in advance, be considered membeis of the society. A desultory conversation arose upon the construction of this resolution, but it ultimately stood to the effect we have given. The Rev. T. M. M'DONNELI. urged the necessity of the society having the power of admitting or rejecting any persons as members who might offer their subscrip- tions. Mr. CORRIE said that such power was reserved by all societies he had ever known. It was possible if they had not this power, that persons would gain admission for the purpose of destroying the society. The Rev J. A. JAMES contended that the society ought to be open to all who chose to subscribe the required amount to promote its object. Mr. HARE supported Mr. James. Persons who became subscribers to the society would have a community of ob- ject with themselves, and he knew no bond of union which could be stronger. The resolution being carried unanimously, Mr. ED- MONDS moved that all gentlemen present be requested now to put down their names, and the amount they intended to subscribe. The Rev. W. NAYLOR said he would willingly present the society with a donation, but he could not think of contributing an annual subscription, and thus become a member of the society, until fully made acquainted with its objects and the principles upon which it would be conducted. Mr. HARE said he thought Mr. Edmonds was proceed- ing too fast. Before they went further, a Provisional Committee ought to be appointed to draw up the rules and regulations of the society. It could hardly be ex- pected that they should become members before they knew the rules and regulations by which its proceedings were to be conducted. The Rev. T. M. M'DoNNiLLand Mr. EDMONDS contended that members only were competent to draw up the rules by which the society was to be governed, and according to the last resolution, none could be considered members who did not subscribe at least 10s. per annum. Mr. HARE said the expense already incurred might be defrayed by subscription, that before persons became mem- bers of the society its objects aud intended operations ought to b » clearly defined in rules drawn up by a Provi- sional Committee. Mr. EDMONDS said the object of the society— the collection of statistics in connection with education— was clearly de- fined, and all who were not prepared to pay a subscription towards such an object could not be considered members. Let those make the rules who paid the money. Mr. BOULTBEE said he had recently had a good deal to do with public societies of one sort or another; and he almost alfrays found that they were shortly in a state of bankruptcy unless money in the first instance was forthcoming. ( Loud laughter.) The Rev. W. NAYLOR said if the payment of the money rendered him a member of the society, and he was thus pledged to its principles, as a member of the religious com. munity to which he had the honour to belong, he should feel compelled to retire from the meeting. The Rev. . J. A. JAMES said the payment of a subscription did not commit the subscriber to the principles of the so- ciety; and if he at any time disapproved of its conduct he might retire without any damage except the loss of his money. ( A laugh.) The motion of Mr. Edmonds being carried, Dr. CORRIE, secretary pro. tern, proceeded to take the names of gentle- men, and the amount of their subscriptions. The following gentlemen were then proposed officers of the institution : — Chairman, Mr. Corrie. Treasurer, the High Bailiff. Secretaiy, Mr. A. Ryland. To these nominations the Rev. J. A. JAMES, took an exception, as not fairly representing the different denomi- nations in the town. After some discussion it was agreed on all hands that a permanent chairman would not be required. That office was accordingly dropt. On the motion of Mr. CHANCE, the office of treasurer was dispensed with, and the Birmingham Banking Com- pany appointed bankers to the society. Rev. T. NUNNS then moved and the Rev. S. F. MORCAN seconded, that Mr. A. Ryland, Unitarian, and Mr. E. Heeley, Wesleyan, be appointed secretaries to the society. This resolution was also carried unanimously. A lengthened discussion next ensued as to the appoint- ment of a committee at the present meeting, or whether it should be posponed until another meeting of members, to be called on a future duy. It appeared, however, to be the general feeling that it would be best to appoint it now, from amongst gentlemen assembled, and in this opinion Mr. Edmonds and the Rev. T. M. M'Donnell expressed their concurrence. The Rev, Dr. JEUNE then moved that the following gen- tlemen, who had put down their names as members, consti- tute the committee for the ensuing year: — Mr. Harrold, Mr. J. T. Lawrence, Mr. Edmonds, Mr. Howard Ry- land, Dr. Hoby, Mr. Brook Smith, Mr. R. Peyton, Rev. J. A. James, Mr. J. B. Wright, Mr. W. Boultbee, Mr. A. Greig, Mr. Lucas Chance, Rev. T. M. M'Donnell, Mr. R. M. Collisson, Rev. W. Marsh, Rev. J. Garbett, Mr. Saunders, Rev. T. Nunns, Rev. J. Breay, Mr. W. Chance, Mr. Ledsam, Mr. T. Goodman, Rev. L. Irvine, Mr. W. E. Hunt, Mr. Hare, Rev. D. Ledsam, Mr. E. Lloyd, Rev. S. F. Morgan, Mr. E. Heeley, Rev. W. Naylor, Dr. Corrie, Mr. J. Corrie, Rev. S. Gedge, Rev. Dr. Jeune, Mi. W. Scbolefield, Mr. H. Rotton, Mr. A. Peyton, Mr. W. H. Smith, Rev. J. Palmer, and Mr. W. Morgan. Some objection was made to the list; but it was not per- sisted in. Dr. Jeune's committee was accordingly carried without a dissentient voice. The Rev. T. MOSELEY said, he hoped the meetingwould allow him to state candidly, but he hoped not offensively, that he could not conscientiously— more especially hold- ing under Providence the situation he did in the town— join the present society. Constituted as it was of gentle- men entertaining such a diversity of religious opinions, he did not see how they could agree upon any system of education of which he ( Mr. M.) could conscientiously ap- prove. He did not accuse one party more than another; but he thought it a duty to himself, and the situation which he held in the town, to take the course he now adopted. He begged to add, that any society for the promo- tion of education which was not founded and conducted 011 the distinct doctrines of the Christian religion, he could never in his conscience support. He had thought it necessary to enter into this statement, inasmuch as he wished on all occasions to act with the same openness and candour which he trusted had ever marked his conduct since his residence amongst them. It was then agreed that the committee should meet at the Public- office on Wednesday, after which thanks were voted to the Low Bailiff for his conduct in the chair, and the meet- ing broke up about two o'clock. PUBLIC OFFICE. MONDAY, NOV. 18. (. Before J. Webster, J. T. Lawrence, It. K. Booth, and J. Alston, Esqrs.) Matthew Walker was charged with trespassing in a field at Vaughton's- hole. Mr. Powers stated that the field was his; that for a long time past a great number of bad characters were in the habit of going into his field every Sunday, where they had dog- fighting and gambling, and carried 011 almost every species of wickedness. On the Sunday before there were a great number present, and, amongst others, the prisoner, who was engaged in dog- fighting. Two of the officers, who went to disperse the persons from the field, proved that the prisoner was one of the party, and they apprehended him upon the spot. James Tewan, an officer belonging to the London Animal Humane Society, next preferred a charge against the priso- ner, for cruelty to a dog. He stated that he saw him seconding one of the dogs which had been fighting, and he considered he came fully under the act lately passed lor preventing cruelty to animals. Mr. Lawrence said he was aware that for a long time past the fields at Vaughton's- hole had been resorted to by the worst characters in the town, and that the most disgraceful practices had been carried on. It was, however, his de- termination, and that of his brother magistrates, to break up the gang that annoyed that neighbourhood, and for that purpose the officers would receive strict orders to apprehend all who might be found engaged in such infamous practices as hid been stated. He hoped this notice would have the effect of preventing a recurrence of such conduct. The order of the magistrates was, that the prisoner pay the sum of 20s., and, in default, to be committed for two months. HORSE STEALING Three men, numed Morgan, Jones, and Caperman, were charged with horse- stealing. Mr. Iddolls, of Bov, near Bath, stated that on the pre- vious Thursday night he lost out of one of his fields a valu- able horse. Two of his neighbours also lost a horse each the same night. One of the horses which had been shown to him since he came to Birmingham he knew to be his property. Mr. Baylis, of the Crown, Deritend, stated that the three prisoners came to his house last week. The prisoner, Mor- gan, brought three horses, which he put into the stables. He was afterwards joined by the other prisoners. Mr. II. H. Hall attended for the prisoner, Jones, and submitted that there was no evidence against him. The fact was, he bought one of the horses from Morgan, and paid him cash for it. Mr. Baylis said he was instructed to say he saw him pay the money. Mr. Baylis said he saw Jones counting money, with an intention of paying it to Morgan, but he did not see the money paid. He believed it was paid over during the time of his going from his tap- room to his bar. Mr. Goorge Redfern said he hnd to apply to the magis- trates to allow Morgan to be removed to liatli. The magis- trates there had written to say they wished him to be sent to their prison, for particular reasons it was then unneces- sary to state. With respect to Jones and Caperman he wished them remanded until Thursday. There was no doubt they were all connected in the robberies. The magistrates ordered Morgan to be sent to Bath, and the other prisoners to be remanded. Charles Worrell was charged with assaulting a lamp- lighter belonging to the Staffordshire Company. The complainant stated, that on the morning before, at a quarter past five o'clock, he left home for the purpose of putting out the lamps on his walk; just as he had left his own door he met the prisoner and others, who, without any provocation, knocked him down and kicked him. He cried out " murder," and the watchmen and others came to his assistance, but not until the parties had all made their escape. When he was taken up and about to go home, the prisoner, who was one of the party, came up. He immediately knew him, and gave him into custody. He had no doubt the prisoner was the man who first knocked him down. The prisoner denied having struck the complainant, but admitted sufficient to warrant the magistrates in believing he was one of the party, and they ordered him to pay 20s. and costs, and, in default of payment, to be committed to prison. Wm. Wilson was committed for robbing Mr. Wm. Mor- ton, Maxtoek. The prosecutor, on the last fair- day came to Birmingham, and in the evening accompanied a female to a house of ill fame in the Well- yard. When there he was attacked by the woman and the prisoner, and robbed of one sovereign. He was struck several times on the head and face, and it was with difficulty he escaped without injury. Edward Edwards was committed for stealing a pair of boots belonging to Alfred Neil. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23. ( Before Richard Spooner, J. T. Lowrence, J. Alston, and William Chance, Esqrs.) CHARGE OF ASSAULT.— This morning the magistrates were occupied for some time in hearing an assault case, which excited great interest in the office. Mr. George Howell, constable of the manor of Aston, was the complainant, and Mr. Sandford, a respectable well- sinker, was the defendant. Mr. Sandford was led into the office in a state of great exhaustion, with his head bound up, and it was with difficulty he could be supported. He was placed sitting on a chair before the bench. Mr. Howell, on being sworn, stated, that on the previous evening, about half- past eight o'clock, he was going from his stable in the Aston- road to his own house, when he overtook Mr. Sandford, his son, and another man, wheeling a hand- cart upon the footpath. He told them they had no business upon the footpath, and they accordingly went off and pro- ceeded on their way towards town. As they were going on, he saw some cabbages, one of which he now produced, fall from the cart. 1- Ie thought this circumstance looked sus- picious, and knowing that a great many gardens had lately been robbed in the neighbourhood, he went up to them when near the toll- gate, and asked where they had had them from. They refused to tell him, and Mr. Sandford and his son struck him. He then put the prlsonerinto the toll- gate house, and ran after the other man and Mr. Sandford's son, who had gone up the lane with tlieeait. He then came back to the toll- gate house, and sent home for his staff and handcuffs, and when the girl brought them to him, he asked Mr. Sandford to put them on. He refused to put them on, put his hands behind his back, and said he would not be handcuffed. He ( Mr. Howell) then expected he was going to strike him, and he struck him on the head with his staff. Cross- examined by Mr. Edmonds: The first offence committed by Mr. Sandford, was his walking on the foot- path ; he believed as soon he spoke about their being on the foot- path, Mr. Sandford told his son to go on the road; he did not go np to the boy, and without any provocation, strike him two or three times upon the back with the stick; he did not strike any of the party before he got to the toll- bar; Mr. Sandford would not go into the house, and he was obliged to call for the assistance of Itawson, toll- gate keeper, and force him in ; the prisoner refused to be hand- cuffed ; he put his hands behind his back; and he ( Mr. Howell) thought he was going to strike him ; he meant to swear Mr. Sandford struck him before lie went into the house; Mr. Sandford was sitting in a chair in the toll- house when he struck him with his staff, but he thought he was going to rise; Mr. Sandford did not say, " Mr. Howell, here are ten or eleven pounds, which he would put down as a security for his appearance, if he would let him go home;" he did not hear him say so; he did not see him take out the money for that purpose ; he did not tell him he was a constable ; Mr. Sandford might have offered the money, but he did not see it; he only struck him once on the head with his staff; he believed the temple artery was nearly cut through; he ( Mr. Howell) went to Mr. Had- ley, the surgeon, to have his head dressed, and lie then sent him to Mr. Sandford. Mr. Howell here exhibited his forehead, which appeared to have upon it a slight discolouration, or a few pin scratches. In continuation he said, in answer to Mr. Edmonds's questions, that he did not ask Mr. Sandford what trade he was; he did not ask him his name; Mr. Sandford did not tell him where he had the cabbages from, nor did he tell him he was coming home from work, or that the men with him were his son and his journeyman. He ( Mr. Howell) was not drunk; he had had only three glasses of ale after dinner. Mr. Sandford, in his defence, said he would state the case fairly, and they would then see nearly all Mr. Howell had said was wrong. He and his son and journeyman were en- gaged the day before in sinking a well for Mr. Woodhouse, atErdington; and they were detained at work rather later than usual. Having put their tools into his hand- cait, they set out for Birmingham; when they got upon the Aston- road he had occasion to stop for a short time, upon which his son said as the road was so heavy he would run the cart a short distance 011 the footpath to relieve himself; he did so; and he ( Mr. Sandford) soon overtook him; they had not travelled far when Mr. Howell came up to them and asked them what business they had there? He replied they had a very heavy job; he knew they were doing wrong, but he would remove into the road; he then told his son to take the cart off, arid he did so, and they resumed their journey. When they got to the toll- gate, Mr. Howell came up to his son, and without having received in the meantime the least insult or provocation, struck him on the back violently with a stick; knowing that his son was a spirited lad, he begged of him not to strike in return ; and he said to him—" Now do not, for mysake, have any noise." His son, however, being irritated, took the stick from Howell, upon which Howell ran at him,( Mr. Sandford.) He told Howell he knew he had done wrong by wheeling the cart on the footpath, but he was willing to pay the penalty, and he had plenty of money to do so. Mr. Howell notwithstanding seized him by the arm, upon which he ( Mr. Sandford) walked into the house and sat down upon a chair; in the meantime Ills son and the labourer had gone up the adjoining lane with the cart, and Mr. Howell follow- ed them. In a short while after Howell returned and told him he must put a pair of handcuffs 011 him ; he told him there was no necessity; that he had 20Z. worth of property in his cart, and that he had 10/. in his pocket, which lie would lay down as security for the damage done the foot- path; he then pulled out the money; but Mr. Howell still insisted upon handcuffing him, and he put his hand be- hind his back ; Mr. Howell then drew his staff, and whilst he ( Mi. Sandford) was sitting in the chair, with his hands behind his back, struck him a dreadful blow upon the head, which had nearly cut the temporal artery through; when the surgeons arrived, they were obliged, in order to take it up, to cut it entirely through; he was still in a sad state; he would exhibit the wound to the magistrates if they desired it. The magistrates said there was no necessity; his ap- pearance was sufficient. Joseph Powell, Mr. Sandford's labourer, was then called, and he swore positively to the fact of Mr. Howell having followed them, and to his striking Mr. Sandford's son on his back. Mr. Sandford did not strike Mr. Howell, nor was there the least intention of any insult being offered to him. Mr. Howell also struck him ( Powell) upon the mouth; he never gave him the least cause; lie believed Mr. Howell was not sober; he was positive Mr. Howell 6truck Mr. Sandford's son before any other blow was given. Mr. Spooner: Who was with you, Mr. Howell? Mr. Howell: My brother came up and a person named Oram. Mr. Edmonds: Young Oram, I suppose? Mr. Howell: Yes. Mr. Spooner: Have you no witnesses, Mr. Howell; I think in the absence of the parties you have named, and in the absence of the toll- keeper and his wife, whom you might have had here, the case looks rather suspicious; how long have you been a constable? Mr. Howell: Three weeks. Mr. Spooner: You must not use more violence than is necessary to secure any prisoner. In this ease I really think you have. Here was a man, whose appealaqce was respectable, with property about him, and no great Cffence committed, and yet he is severely treated. I do not think he looked like a cabbage stealer. Mr. Sandford: The cabbages he has produced must have been stolen out of my cart after the affair. They did not nor could not by any possibility have fallen out of the cart, as he has stated. Mr. Edmonds: We have a woman here to prove where Mr. Sandford got the cabbages. Mr. Spooner: We are of opinion the case ought to be dismissed. We think there has been unnecessary violence. Mr. Edmonds: I have now to apply for a summons against Mr. Howell for the assault. Mr. Spooner: Very well, but I suppose Mr. Howell will attend without one. Mr. Howell: Certainly. Mr. Spooner: I would procure the attendance of the toll- keeper and his wife? Mr. Edmonds: Yes, it is our intention. The parties then left the office. Barnabas Gill and James Brighton, two drunken fellows, were fined 28s., and in default of payment to be committed for two months, for damage done, to Mr. Granger's shop, in Moor- street. The prisoners went into the shop in a state of intoxication, and broke and destroyed goods in the shop to the above amount. John Coptan- and John Marks were charged with suspi- cion of having stolen a spring gun, found in their pos- session. Smith, the street- keeper, 6aw them offering it for sale in Dudley- street, and knowing them to be bad characters, he took them into custody. The gun was loaded. He had not, however, found an owner for the gun. The prisoners were discharged, and the gun retained. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 25. 7 Josiah Hodgkins, an apprentice, was committed for one day, and ordered to be well flogged, for misconduct in the service of his master, Mr. Harper. Charles Brookes, for an unprovoked assault upon a watch- man named Keene, of Edgbaston- street, was fined 20s. and costs, and in default of payment to be committed for one month. Three men, tiamed Cooke, Best, and Warner, were charged with stealing glass. Mr. Hancox, the sheriff's officer, stated that he was in possession of Messrs. Rollason and Co.' s, glass- warehouse, under a provisional assignment of bankruptcy. He missed a great quantity of glass, which he had reason to believe had been stolen by the prisoners. He wished them to be remanded until Monday, to afford time to procure further evidence. The prisoners were remanded. William Henderson was charged with robbing Mr. Bladon, of Bull- street. Mr. Edmund Sanders, an assistant to Mr. Bladon, stated that about six o'clock on Monday evening he was in his master's shop, and on going from the shop to the parlour, he met the prisoner rushing out. He attempted to stop him, upon which the prisoner gave him a violent blow upon the heart, and ran into the entry at the side of the shop. When he recovered, he pursued and overtook him before he got out of the entry, and having obtained assistance he secured him. Mr. Bladon's servant girl proved that a few minutes before the apprehension of the prisoner, she had laid the table, and put the silver spoons in the cups. There was also a large quantity of silver spoons in other parts of the parlour. When she heard the alarm, she came up stairs and found that all the spoons and other articles had been taken away. A man named Devy, who was passing at the time, came to Mr. Sanders's assistance, and the spoons dropped from the prisoner. There were in all, four large table spoons, sixteen teaspoons, a pair of sugar tongs, and other valuable arti- cles found upon the prisoner. The prisoner, he under- stood, had passed out of the street up the entry, and crept unnoticed into the parlour, from whence he would also have escaped unnoticed with the property, had not Mr. Sanders had occasion to go to the parlour at the moment he was leaving. The prisoner was fully committed. Two boys, tiamed William Pickett and George Warwick, were committed to the sessions for stealing a hat, from the shop of Mr. Hanson, of Walmer- lane. The sister of one of the prisoners, a respectable woman, implored the magistrates in the most suppliant manner, to inflict upon her brother any temporary punishment they might think proper, but not to send him to a gaol, as his confinement was certain to be the entire ruin of him. The magistrates said they had no such power, and the prisoners were removed. In a short time after another boy, named Thomas Bing- ham, was committed for the same robbery. During the day several persons were summoned for non- payment of poor- rates, and ordered to pay with co6ts. CHURCH- RATES THE BRAINTREE CASE. COURT OF QOEEN'S BENCH. On Monday the Attorney- General applied for a rule to show cause why a prohibition should not issue to the con- sistory court of the Bishop of London, restraining that court from proceeding further in a suit for the subtraction of church- rates. In this case a most important question was intended to be discussed, namely, whether churchwardens, of their own authority, when the vestry had refused to make a rate, might make a valid church- rate which could be en- forced in the ecclesiastical courts. The application arose out of the following circumstancesIn the parish of Brain- tree, in Essex, the vestry, by a majority, first by show of hands, and afterwards by poll, came to a resolution to ad. journ, for twelve months, the making of a rate. That was, in fact, refusing to make a rate. That was in the month of August last. In substance the adjournment was a refusal to make a rate. On this the churchwardens, of their own authority, made a rate of three shillings in the pound, on all the property of the parish ; and they fairly stated on the face of the rate itself that the vestry had refused to make the rate, and that they had made it of their own authority. The gentleman whom he represented was a parishioner of Braintree, and being called on to pay this rate he refused to pay it, on the ground that it was illegal. A libel was then exhibited against him in the consistory court of the Bishop of London, and the libel very fairly stated all the circum- stances of the case, the summoning of the vestry, the refusal to make the rate, and the fact that the churchwardens had made it of their own authority, and against the consent of the vestry. Lord Denman: And that the church was in need of re- pair. The Attorney- General: Certainly. Besides, that was a fact that must be admitted on both sides, in order properly To raise the question of the validity of the rate. On the citation in the consistorial court the defendant appeared, and the libel against him stating the facts already referred to, he did what was tantamount to demurring: he alleged that the libel was bad in law, and ought not be admitted to proof. The defendant was anxious to bring the matter as soon as possible before this higher court; but he ( the At- torney- General) having been consulted upon it, gave it as his opinion that, as the ecclesiastical court had in the first instance jurisdiction in this matter, till that court had de- cided upon the question a motion for a prohibition would be premature. This application was, therefore, delayed till the case was brought before the judge of the consistory court, and on Wednesday last the question was argued before Dr. Lushington, as the judge of that court, and the difficulty which had interfered to prevent its being brought hither was now removed. The case was fit for their lordships' adjudi- cation, and all he asked was to put it in a process of inquiry. There was cited before the judge of the consistoiial court a case of Gawden v. Selby ; that case was decided by a single individual in the year 1799. Lord Denman: That was the case mentioned by Dr. Nicholl. The Attorney- General: It was Dr. Lushington, sitting as the judge of the consistorial court, said that the case had a great deal of eccentricity about it; that he had practised thirty years in the court, and had not heard of it till lately; and that during that period it appeared to have been wholly unknown to the practitioners, but still, as it was a case which had been decided by the court of Arches, by a court which was superior in rank to the one in which he then presided, and to which an appeal lay from his court, he must respect its authority; that if it had been the decision of a court of co- ordinate jurisdiction he should have examined it, and given it only such weight as, upon examination, ha might think it entitled to receive; but that being the decision of a court to which an appeal would be from his own, he must consider himself peremptorily bound by its authority, and under these circumstances he decreed in favour of the ad- mission of the libel. The case referred to was one which had occurred in the diocese of Peterborough, where the vestry had voted a rate of sixpence in the pound, which the parishioners thought amply sufficient. The church- wardens, however, thought that a rate of was re- quired, and, as the vestry could not give all that was de- manded, they had, of their own authority, made a rate for the larger amount. The validity of that rate was ques- tioned, and it came before Sir William Wynne. The libel in that case stated that the rate had been made by a majo- rity of the vestry, which was not the fact; and Sir W. Wynne in that case, without citing any authorities, and without producing anything to justify his opinion, gave it as his opinion that the rate was good. With all respect for his memory, for he was a very considerable lawyer, it was im- possible to yield a perfect deference to his judgment in that case; for, not only did he say that the rate was good, but that the churchwardens were liable if they did not put the church into repair. Now that was an opinion which the authorities would not justify; they were liable if they did not do what they could to put the church into repair, but if they called a vestry, and could not get a rate, they could not, according to a decision of Lord Lyndhurst and Mr. Baron Bayley, delivered in the Exchequer, be liable to have their conduct impeached. On the authority of Gawdon v. Selby the learned judge of the Consistorial Court thought himself bound to act, observing that the sooner he gave his opinion the better would it be for the parties who desired to cany the case before a higher tribunal. That higher tribunal he ( the Attorney- General) had now the honour to address; and he submitted that the decision in the Con- sistorial Court was erroneous. He did not propose now, in this state of the proceedings, to enter into the general question whether the churchwardens had the power now contended for, but he should make a few observations, and cite two or three authorities, which would clearly show that he was entitled to the rule he now asked for. The convenient course to be adopted would be that a declaration in prohibition should be filed, and that there should be a de- murrer to it, so that the question might be solemnly argued in such a manner as to give either party the opportunity of taking the opinion of a higher tribunal, or if necessary, carrying the case to the House of Lords. He could hardly expect, after the doubts that had been expressed on the subject, that their lordships would at once grant the rule for prohibition without putting him to declare in the first instance, and his rule was intended for that purpose. If the judgment of Dr. Lushington was erroneous he was en- titled to the rule, for, the moment the Ecclesiastical Court was in error, a party aggrieved thereby had the right to come to a court of law for redress. That was decided in the Portsea case, and the party there was directed to declare in prohibition. Lord Denman : We hardly, I think, decided there the proposition which you have now Btated. The Attorney- General thought that that was the prin- ciple on which the decision in that case proceeded. That was a case where there was an application to this court for a prohibition, the Consistory Court having decided that a rate was valid, which their lordships' best predecessors had thought upon consideration was invalid. That case was ar gued most ably by his learned friend near him, who con- tended that it would be most inconvenient if a party was obliged to go to the Arches' Court and to the Delegates', or, as now, to the judicial committee of the Privy Council; and if such was the course to be adopted in that case, he hardly knew when it would be possible to take the opinion of the judges of the land. Lord Denman asked whether any one appeared on the other side? The Attorney- General said that his learned friend Sii W. Follett had not been instructed, but he had proposed to his learned friend, thinking that of course he would be in- structed on the other side, that there should be a declara- tion filed; but his learned friend said he should like some skirmishing before the battle. Lord Denman thought that the Attorney- General might take a rule. The Attorney- General said that, as an index to the cases on the subject, the court might refer to the pamphlet published by Dr. Nicholl on one side, and by his learned friend whose assistance he had ( Mr. Manning) on the other. Mr. Justice Coleridge asked whether there was not a case in Ventris on the subject? The Attorney General answered that there was, and that that case had led to all the difficulty on the matter. There it was assumed that if the parish refused to make a rate the churchwardens had the power to do so. The authorities from Lyndwood downwards not only did not support but directly negatived that proposition. Prideaux, in his excellent work, said that the rate to be good must be made with the consent of the major part of the parishioners. The fact was that the law of church- rates was settled in Popish times, when there was not any difficulty at all in obtaining a remedy; for if the rate was not made or was not paid, an interdict was the prompt and effective remedy. At the reformation that proceeding ceased, and no other had then been made applicable to the same purpose— Rule granted. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. CAPTAIN GOODE. On Saturday morning, on the sitting of the court, Captain John Goode was brought in and placed upon the floor of the court. He was very well dressed, and had a star on his left breast; he wore his hat on his head. Usher: Take off your hat, sir. Captain Goode : I will not; I am the King of England. Earl Spencer, Earl Glenelg, Sir John Nicholl, Sir Her- bert Jenner, and Sir Frederick Pollock, then entered the court, and took the oaths of allegiance. On their swearing to be true and faithful to Queen Vic- toria, Captain Goode said, " An usurper! what villainous oath that is!" These gentlemen, except Earl Spencer, retired, and Captain Goode was politely asked by the officer of the court to come forward. Earl Spencer remained during the whole of the proceed- ings. • Captain Goode then addressed their lordships: I beg to observe, my lords, that this is an illegal court— the court of an usurper— the court of Princess Victoria, the usurper; the throne of England is mine; I am King John the Second. Lord Denman, with much mildn^ s: Should you not take off your hat? Captain Goode: I can't take off my hat, my lord, without giving up my claim to the throne of England, which I do not intend to do, I assure your lordship. My lord, in my mother's lifetime you once acted honourably and nobly. Lord Denman : Even if it were true that this was your court, it would be but decent for you to be uncovered when you come into it. The indictment was then read. It charged him as a man calling himself John the Second, and with having used sedi- tious language in the presence of Her Majesty. Captain Goode : This is a d— d infernal —. I will have you off the throne. Upon being asked whether he was guilty or not guilty, he said: I will not plead before this court— it is the court of an usurper. The Attorney- General prayed an inquest under the 29Ji and 30th George III., to try whether this gentleman is now of sound mind or insane, and said that at common law it had been determined that the second section of the act ap- plied to misdemeanours. Captain Goode: You want to get rid ofa bad prosecution. You want to get rid of it on the ground of my insanity. I am as sane as you are. A jury was then called and sworn, to try whether John Goode was insane or not. Captain Goode: Why am I not tried for high treason ? The Attorney- Geniral, after stating the offence, said, a most salutary act, passed in the 39th and 40th years of Geo. III., enacted that when any person indicted for any offence should, upon his arraignment, be found to be insane, the finding of the jury be recorded, and the court should make an order that he be placed in confinement at the pleasure of the Sovereign. Captain Goode: That statute was made on purpose for me. The Attorney- General: By another section of that act it was enacted that if any insane person, without actually com- mitting an offence, should try to commit one, that that person might have proceedings taken against him, and that that person might be put into confinement, so that he might be no longer dangerous. Captain Goode: - That statute was made expressly for the purpose of meeting my case. The Attorney- General said that the history of this un- fortunate gentleman was this: he served ten years in the army, and was a most excellent officer, having the good opinion of all men. In the year 1834 he left his regiment ( 10th foot), and was promoted on half- pay ; he had always conducted himself in the most proper and geutlemarrlike manner, but it unfortunately happened, about the month of October last, that his understanding became impaired; he was still, however, rational upon every subject but one; he had taken the strange notion into his head that he was en- titled to the throne of England; he said he was the son of George IV., and insisted upon it that he ought to reign over th; s kingdom. W. H. Goode, Esq., having been called, appeared in the box. Captain Goode said, when a villain comes before his law- ful sovereign, and shall conspire and compass the death of his liege lord, he shall be liwng, drawn, and quartered, and ( addressing his brother who was then passing him on his way to the witness- box) that is your sentence, and your death is recorded in the Court of King's Bench. W. H. Goode, Esq., was then examined by Mr. Wight- man. You are the brother of Captain Goode, I believe ?— I am the brother of Captain John Goode. You are in the 10th regiment of foot?— I am. Was your brother also in the 10th regiment?— He was also in the 10th regiment for a period of nine or ten years. When did he leave that regiment ?— I think in the year 1834 on half- pay. Did you remain with the regiment after he quitted?— I did, till August last. Did you then see your brother ?— I arrived in London the 1st of October; I left the Mediterranean in August. Did you call upon your brother ?— I called upon by bro- ther on the 12th. Where did you find him?— 118, Regent- street Captain Goode turned short round, looked at his brother, and said, " You know, you villain, you are not my brother; how dare you claim relationship to the blood royal of Eng- land ? Mr. Wightman : Tell me what passed between you ?— He received me first in a rational manner, and I had reason to hope that the reports I had heard as to his state of mind were unfounded ; very shortly afterwards he stood up and asked me, in what relationship I considered him to stand towards me? I replied, that of a brother. He said, " No, sir, you are the son of an officer in my service, and occupy your proper place in society ; I am King of England— I am King John the Second." From that time his language was incoherent; he said Queen Victoria was an usurper, and that he would have her off the throne. Captain Goode : You are trembling on the verge of the grave, sir, remember. Examination continued : Did you leave him ?— I left him at that time; he disclaimed me as his brother ; in the after- noon of the same day I paid him another visit, and I found he had given orders that I should not be admitted ; as soon as I entered the room where he was, he told me that he was King of England, and took up his hat and walked away, repeating again that he was lawful heir to the throne. Have you seen him since?— I saw him once in Waterloo- place; we passed, but did not speak. Was that the last personal communication ?— Yes; that was the last personal communication. By Lord Denman: Had you been on affectionate terms with your brother?— Most particularly so. There was no cause of quarrel?— None whatever. The jury returned a verdict that " Captain Goode was of unsound mind." The Attorney- General moved that this finding be recorded, and that their lordships would be pleased to order that John Goode be kept in strict custody till Her Majesty's pleasure be known. Lord Denman: Be it so. Captain Goode ( turning from the judges and the jury to the bar and the audience) exclaimed with passionate vehe- mence: " I declare before this court that I will impale the royal family— that I will drag from the sepulchre at Windsor the boties of their ancestors, and burn them Ik fore iheii faces— that I will order a brig of war to be anchored off the Tower, to cast their hones in the deepest part of the Atlan- tic— I will draw out their bowels, and will embowel the Russian and Dutch embassies, the true foes of England, and hang their limbs on the Tower. This is my sentence, pronounced on the floor of the Court of King's Bench; and, so help me God ! I will perform it: I shall regard as an accomplice any one who dares to intercede for them. Lord Denman : Let him now be taken back to the eus tody from which he was brought here. Captain Goode then turned round and quietly walked out, having first said in an authoritative tone, " Make way." LIFE IN LONDON. MARLBOGOUGH- STREET — MONDAY. Mr. Prince, the well- known rival of the renowned in- ventor of " the incomparable Macassar," appeared before Mr. Conant and Mr. Coventry, to complain that his maid Mary had threatened to " scratch his eyes out." The complainant, who is, according to his own phraseo- logy, of " Sharman abstraction," is fat, furious and fidgetty, and the defendant short, shrewish, and squinting. The complaint was stated with much volubility in broken English. Complainant: Aeh ! mein goot gentlemens, dis vooman vont not go out mein house. She stop till she scratch von my eye out. Magistrate : I do not see that your eye is out yet. Complainant: For vy I come to de shoostice, if it was? She have not scratch my eye yet, but ven she do nobody can put it in again for me. Mr. Conant: What has the girl done? Complainant: I tell her yesterday to go vay from me. She knock at me and gif me two boxes— von I have in my mouth and yon in my belly; den she scratch at me so. (- The complainant here threw himself into an illustrative attitude, making a noise and motions similar to those which a couple of cats might be supposed to make at the appearance of a favourite tabby.) Mr. Conant asked the girl for her defence. She replied it was her province as housekeeper to manage the pantry matters of Mr. Prince. That she found it ne- cessary on the morning in question to send to him for a shilling to buy victuals. Mr. Prince not only " refused the supplies," but came into the kitchen in a towering passion, made a vigorous attack on her mob cap, and gave her so many hard punches that she was compelled to stand upon her own defence, when, as mostly happens in such encoun- ters, the " grey mare proved the better horse." The maid further declared she had made away with many of her clothes to supply the complainant and his family with food. In corroboration she pulled out the mortgage- deeds of numerous articles of lady's clothing, both linen and woollen. Complainant: Hah! derduyvel! Ax her vere she spend all de two shilling vat I gif her dat morning. She spend it in rum, shin ; she drunk herself ivid my money. The maid declared the money had been laid out in house- hold matters. Alottled soap, short sixes, coals and cabbage plants had made such a large hole in the shillings that she had been obliged to send for another the next day in order to provide the principal meal. Complainant: I shwear my life to you. You have saydat you do for me. Tell your vorship vas not somebody dat vas not a lady sleep wid you de Oder night. Defendant: No, but you have often tried to come into my room, and you have told people I am to have a child by you. Complainant: Hah! hah ! Pretty shild dat would be You Papist— me Jew; you vid de squint— me vid some bandy leg. Mr. Conant: Well, you have asked a dangerous question, You see. The assault is too trivial for our notice, and we dismiss the case. The renovator of the finest " ornament to the human countenance," left the office in great dudgeon. JONATHANIANA. The " Mother Bank" of the United States is receiving cart- Joads of specie. Better shell it out to her creditors. Flour is more used in this country, in proportion to the population, than in an any other in the known world— the annual consumption being about 18,000,000 barrels. NEAT PUN.— A printer on seeing a sheriff closely pur- suing an unfortunate author, remarked, " That it was a new edition of the ' Pursuits of Literature, unbound but hot- pressed.'" TOLLS AND TRADE OF THE CANALS.— The tolls collected on the New York state canals for the week ending on the 14th of October, amount to the sum of 54,240 dollars 92 cents, or 11,000/. The wheat and flour which arrived at tide water on the canals, during the same week, was as follows, viz.: flour, 44,241 barrels; wheat, 16,190bushels. If you want to make a sober man a drunkard, give him a wife who will scold him every time he comes home. Mr. Buckingham, late member of the British Parliament, and celebrated for his travels in the East, is about to deliver a course of lectures in this city. They will no doubt be highly interesting, as he is regarded as one of the most gifted public speakers of the age.— Daily News. NEWSPAPERS— There are now about one thousand two hundred newspapers established in the United States, from which are issued, at a moderate calculation, one hundred million printed sheets annually, which if in one continuous sheet, would reach four times from pole to pole, and if em- bodied in a book form would be equal to issuing six volumes as large as the Bible every minute in the year. COMPLIMENTARY—" Did you ever catch me in a lie, Tom ?" inquired a loafer, the other day, of a compa- nion. " No, Jim— you are out of one and into another so quick, it would puzzle the devil to catch you," replied Tom. EXTRAORDINARY YIELD.— Mr. Tsaac Rollins, of this town, ( Schoharie) has procured from one kernel of oats— growing in a field of the same— thirty heads, which averaged two hundred and fifty grains per head .'— making in all seven thousand five hundred kernels from one! One head con- tained three hundred and sixty- one kernels! We chal- lenge any county in the State of New York to beat this ! — Schoharie Republican. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. THE QUEEN AND THE PEOPLE. Meu of Birmingham,— Where is now your hope? Where is now your strength? You have seen the Queen's speech ; does it there state that the distress of thousands of your fellow- creatures shall be relieved ? Does it mention anything; about your distress? No! Up then, and be stirring-,— sleep no longer,— come for- ward with firm, true, and determined hearts,— unite as you did in 1830, 1831, and 1832,— and, in one month, I doubt not but we shall have all England, Ireland, and Scotland, ready to assist us. Let the banner of the Birmingham Political Union rear its head on Newhall- hill, and never be again removed until we have gained equal laws and equal justice for all. You, who are well- wishers to your fellow- creatures, yourselves, your children, and your country, delay not a moment in this object! Now is your time to de- mand, with one terrific voice, that which is your due. AN ENEMY TO OPPRESSION. MERCANTILE HOURS. SIR,— From the earnestness with which you have ever made your paper the vehicle of information tend- ing to the welfare and improvement of society, I feel much pleasure in offering to your consideration a few remarks upon a subject, which, though seemingly in- significant, will, upon mature consideration, be found immediately connected with the social interest and moral progression of the community. The evil of which I speak, is the system now preva- lent, of keeping late hours in the mercantile establish- ments of this town. I am well aware, that, in the minds of many peo- ple, a strong prejudice exists in favour of this custom, ds they deem it preceptive of those habits of industry and application necessary to guide the tradesman to eminence. These are the views of the short- sighted and self- interested; but a closer investigation of the subject, will, I fear, discover the system to be fraught with evil, and pregnant with danger. I shall briefly consider the subject in three lights, viz., as regirds its physical, intellectual, and moral influence. First. Its effects oil the constitution and corporeal frame. And, though but ill calculated to dilate upon its minute effects, yet who can doubt that the prolonga- tion of an employment, so sedentary and wearisome as the bookkeeper's and accountant's, to a late hour, in the glare of gas light and with the stir of business around, must be injurious to the members engaged in it, particularly when we consider that they are gene- rally of an unadvanced, often of a very juvenile, period of life. It requires no great penetration to see in the countenances of the youths thus engaged, the lassitude of spirits, weakness, and nervous irritability consequent upon it. Second. A boy is taken from school and placed in the accounting- house of a merchant. His business avocations commence at from eight to nine in the morning, and he is occupied by them until eight or nine at night, often later. What time can such a young man have for the improvement and cultivation of his mind ? On his return home, long previous ab- stinence renders it necessary for him to take refresh- ment in a far greater degree than is desirable at so late a period, and if he should afterwards feel inclined to study, it is very difficult to force the mind from its pre- vious tension, to a state of calmness and collected thought. It is more disposed for the rest and relief afforded by quiet conversation, than for the reception and retention of new ideas. Thirdly, and most importantly, with regard to its moral influence. And here let me warn those parents, who imagine that the best means of preventing their children from running into folly and dissipation, is to keep them engaged in business pursuits to unseason- able hours. The mind of a young man, overstrained by application, wearied by restraint, and often irri- tated by the slavish confinement to which he is sub- jected, will fl v to criminal indulgence and loose plea- sures for excitement. In the proportion in which the rational term of enjoyment is shortened, we may ex- pect an irrational eagerness in the pursuit of pleasure to counterbalance it. It lessens our attachment to home, because the period of domestic enjoyment is so dimi- nished, that we scarcely taste, and cannot feel the de- light they are calculated to afford. Thus one of the best and holiest incentives to good conduct is destroyed, and the store of household affections, working in the heart and so beneficently implanted there, are blunted by the confinement of the sphere allotted for their ex- ercise. I have merely skimmed the surface of the subject; there are many and weighty objections to it yet to mention, but I leave them for the present, and hoping the above remarks may be deemed worthy of your notice, I am, sir, your obedient servant, D. Y. S. COUNTRY MARKETS, & c. BIRMINGHAM MARKET. Corn Market, November 23. A moderate supply of Wheat to this day's market, with a good quantity of other kinds of grain. Wheat fully maintained the rates of last week.— Malting Barley a dull sale, and Is. to 2s, per quarter lower ; grinding in better demand, at a trifle advance.— Oats barely support the terms of this day se'nniglit No alteration in the value of Beans or Peas. WHEAT— perG2Ibt. s. d. s. d. Old .4 6 6— 74 Neiv 5 6 — 7 4 5 6 — 6 9 BARLEY— per Imp. Quarter. For Malting 38 0 — 42 0 For Grinding, per4Qlbs 3 3 — 3 6 M ALT—;; er Imperial Bushel. Old and new 6 9 — 79 OATS- per ami. Old 3 3 — 3 6 New 3 0 — 3 6 Irish 2 6 — 3 3 BEANS— perbag, 10 score grosi. i. d. s. < t. Old 16 6— 18 0 New 0 0 — 0 0 PEAS— perbag ofa Bush. Imp. FOLL BOILING. White 17 0 — 18 6 Grey IS 6 — 17 6 FOR a RINDING. per bag of 10 score 14 9 — 15 3 White 15 0 — 15 6 FLO UK— per sack of2S0lbs. net. Fine 44 0 — 45 0 Seconds.... 39 0 — 41 0 The following is the statement in Messrs. Sturge's circular:— PRESENT PRICES OF GRAIN. Birmingham, November 23, 1837, s. d. s. WHEAT, English, White, per bushel of 621b. Old English, Red ,—. Old Irish, White Red Old Foreign ,—~ nominal 6 to 2 .. 0 .. 0 .. 6 .. 4 .. 6 .. 6 d. 7 6 7 8 7 4 7 6 7 0 6 10 5 9 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. Quarter Grinding, per Quarter of 3921bs. OATS, English, White, per Imperial Quarter Welsh, Black and White, per 3121bs. „ Irish, ( weighing 41 to 42ibs.) do. ~~ ( 37 to 391bs.) do. — Black do. ,— BEANS, English, Old, per bushel of 65Ibs. — New Irish. Foreign , 31 6 . SQ 0 . 24 0 21 0 21 0 22 6 21 9 21 6 5 6 4 10 0 0 .. 7 .. 40 .. 36 .. 27 .. 34 .. 23 .. 24 22 6 22 6 6 0 PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter Grinding, per Quarter of 3921bs. —- FLOUR, English, Fine, per Sack of 2801bs., Seconds . . wnone 0 5 40 0 29 0 42 0 40 0 . 5 0 5 54 32 0 44 0 Gloucester, November 18,1837. WHEAT, English, White, per Imp. Bushel Old English, Red , Old . Irish, White, per 601bs.„ Red„ Old. Foreign s. d. 6 3 7 3 5 9 7 1 6 0 5 9 5 6 to s. d. 7 8 7 9 7 4 7 < i 6 « . nominal 6 6 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. Quarter ™ ™ . 3- 2 0 Grinding, per Quarter of 3921bs. 22 6 OATS, English, White, per Imp. Quarter 20 0 Welsh, Black and White 20 0 Irish ( weighing 41 to 421bs); per Qr. of 312lbs, 21 0 ( 37 to 391bs.) — 19 6 BEANS, English, Old, per Imp. Bushel 5 3 Irish — ——..... nominal 5 0 PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter . 40 0 Grinding, per Quarter of 3921bs. 28 0 FLOUR, English, Fine, per sack of2801bs 44 0 Irish 41 0 , 6 3 , 6 0 . 7 0 . 37 0 , 32 0 25 0 , 34 0 23 0 , 24 0 . 20 0 . 20 6 . 5 7 . 5 . 5 . 5 . 51 . 01 . 40 . 43 GLOUCESTER WEEKLY AVERAGE. Qrs. Bush. Wheat. Barley Oats ~ Beans Peas ~ 552 381 334 82 0 i. d. 51 2 30 0 21 2 37 1 0 0 Wheat Barley Oats Peas . Beans WORCESTER WEEKLY AVERAGE. Qrs. Bush. . 566 2 . 414 4 , 0 0 , 13 1 . 141 2 .. t. d. . 55 10} . 34 7} . 0 0 . 42 8 • 40 8J Birmingham, November 23, 1837. At Gloucester and Worcester markets on Saturday the Wheat trade ruled dull, and at the latter a reduction of Is. to Is. 6d. per quarter was. submitted to. Malting Barley abundant, and at Wor- cester it was 2s. per quarter cheaper. Oats firmly held for previous rates. Old Beans fully as dear j new rather lower, with more offer, ing. During the present week a fair quantity of Wheat has been ex- hibited ; the prices obtained about the same as on last market day. Dry new red, 6s. 8d. to 7s. 2d.; old 7s. to 7s. 4d. per 62lbs. Malting Barley plentiful; fair runs of English selling at 34s. to 36s., and best Irish with difficulty find buyers at 34s. Oats are taken in limited quantities ; feed at 2ts. to 21s. 6d.; heavy at 23s. to 24s,, and prime old at 26s. to 27s. per 3121bs. for Irish. Old Beans rather more enquired for ; foreign at 15s. to 16s.; Eng- lish at 17s. to 18s. New unsaleable, except kiln dried. A few parcels of grinding Peas have changed hands at 14s, to 15s. per 1961bs. Nearly all the grinding Barley is cleared off the market, at 24s. 6d. to 27s. per 392lbs. here. Thi3 day's market was fairly supplied with Wheat, which was taken off at fully the prices of this day se'nnight, and in some in. stances, an adrance was obtained on best new red. Malting Barley dull, and Is. per quarter cheaper. Grinding less in request. Oats a slow sale at former prices. In Beans and Peas no alteration. IMPORTS INTO GLOUCESTER From the 15th to the 22nd inst. Wheat. Oats. Barley. Beans. 175 Qrs 2490 Qrs Qrs Qrs Coastwise.. Foreign.... Qrs 834 Qrs Qrs Qrs Qrs Qrs Qrs Qrs Peat. Flour. Bye. Vetches. Qrs 99 Sacks Qrs Qrs Coastwise.. 106 Qrs Sacks Qrs Qrs Foreign.... Qt. Sacks Qrs Qrs WARWICK, SATURDAY, Nov. 18.— Wheat, perbag, old 20s Od to 21s 6d; new, 19s Od to 21s Od j Barley, per quarter, 34s Od to 33s Od J grinding, 27s Od to 30s Od ; Oats, 32s Od to35s Od j New, 26s Od to 30s Od J Peas, per bag, 17s Od to 19s Od ; Beans, 16s 6d to 17s Od; new, I3s 6d to I5s Od; Vetches, 0s Od to 0s Od; Malt, 56s Od to 64s Od per quarter. HEREFORD, Nov. 18.— Wheat, per bushel Imperial measure, 7s 9d to 8s Id. Ditto, new, per bushel, 7s 6d to 7s lOd. Barley, 3s 9d to 4s Od. Beans, 5s Od to 5s 6d. Peas, 5s Od to 0s Od. Vetches, 3s 9d to 4s Od. Oats, 3s Od to 4s Od. CHELTENHAM, Nov. 16.— New Wheat, 6s 3d to 7s Od per bushel. Old Wheat, 6s 9d to 7s 6d. Barley, 3s 3d to 4s 9d. Oats, 3s 04 to 4s 6d. Beans, 5s Od to 6s 3d. Hop INTELLIGENCE Worcester, November VS.— The planters and dealers were asking more money for their hops on market day, but the trade were not willing to give any advance, and but little busi- ness was done in consequence. Number of pockets weighed on Saturday, 575 ucw, 22 old; ditto in the week, 251 now, and 09 old. Borough, November 20 The demand for hops of all descriptions continues great, with au advance of from 3s. to 5s. per cwt. since the duty was declared; the demand is likely to be good at the advance. Present Prices, per cwt.:— East Kent Pockets, £ 4 49. to £ 4 15s. fine £ 6 6s.; ditto bags, £ 4 0s. to £ 4 10s. fine £ 5 5s.; Mid Kent Pockets, £ 3 10s. to £ 4 10s. fine £ 5 12s.; ditto bags, £ 3 10s. to £ 4 10s. fine £ 5 5s.; Weald of Kent, Poc- kets, £ 3 10s. to £ 4 4s. fine £ 4 10s.; Sussex pockets, £ 3 6s. to £ 3 15s. fine £ 4 4s.; Yenrlings, £ 3 0s. to £ 3 10s. fine £ 3 15s.; Old Olds, 18s. to £ 1 10s. fine £ 2 2s. GLOUCESTER SHIP NEWS, From November 16 to November 22. IMPORTS : The Autumn, from Archangel, with 1575 clietwerts of linseed and 1256 deal ends, consigned to Phillpotts and Co.— Curlew, Archangel, 3117 deals, 1344 battens, 621 deal ends, and 100 batten ends. Price and Washbourne— Lebans Wohlgalirt, Schiedam, 207 casks of herrings, to order— Sarah Eliza, Waterford, 837 barrels of oats, Phillpotts and Co.; 518 barrels of oats, 300 barrels of wheat, and 8 sacks of flour, J. and C. Sturge; 23 sacks of flour, 1 tierco of lard, and 10 bales of bacon, M'Cheane and Bartlett— William, Water- ford, 419 barrels of barley, 261 barrels of oats, and 7 sacks of flour, J. and C. Sturge; 200 barrels of wheat, 10 bales of bacon, and 10 ; s of lard, M'Cheane and Bartlett— Hero, Wexford, 941 barrels of oats, Wait, James, and Co Ann and Mary, Londonderry, 276 hides, Phillpotts and Co.; 994 barrels of oats, M'Clieane and Bartlett— Fame, Neath, general cargo, Partridge and Co.— Queen Victoria, Aberavon, 60 tons of pig iron, Southan and Son— Aquilla, Aber- dovey, 80 tons of slates, Shipton— Hope, Carnarvon, 95 tons of slates, Bedford— Catharine, Port Madoc, 44 tons of slates, O. Jones— Gelert, Port Madoc, 60 tons of slates, Bettiss— Picton, Port Madoc, 55 tons of slates, Blizzard— Ann and Maria, Swansea, 32 tons of spelter and coals, Southan and Son— Thomas and Frances, Swansea, 88 tons of metallic sand, Southan and Sou— Newport Trader, Newport, 20 tons of coals, Southan and Son— Traveller, Newport, 40 tous of coals, Hadley— Emerald, Mumbles, oysters, Southan and Son— Ocean, Li- verpool, 51 tons of oats and 106 quarters of peas, J. and C. Sturge— Adonis, Liverpool, general cargo, Kendall and Son— John and Wil- liam, Tenby, 45 tons of coals, George— Blucher, Tenby, 42 tons of coals, to order— Cygnet, Bridgwater, geueral cargo, Stuckey and Co. — Seven Brothers, Sandersfoot, 50 tons of coals, George. EXPORTS : The Thomas, for Dublin, with 23 tons of iron, from Kendall and Son; 48 tons of bark, Slatter— Union, Limerick, 140 tons of salt. Brown— Fame, Neath, 40 tons of iron, Kehdal! and Son ; 1 ton of hops, Brown— Erin, Galway, 73 tons of bark, Slatter— Fe- ronia, Aberavon, 41 tous of salt and 7 tons of bricks, Southan and Son— Fly, Milford, 22 tons of salt, 10 tons of soap, and 5 tons of cheese, G. Brown— Gazelle, Milford, 25 tons of salt, Southan and Son— Belinda, Swansea, 23 tons of salt, 18 tons of bricks, and 2 tons of sundries, Southan and Son— Newport Trader, Newpoit, 10 tons of flour and cheese, 1$ ton of soap, and 7 tons of sundries, Southan and Son— Restitution, Newport, 29 tons of bricks, Davies ; $ of a ton of cheese, S. Bowley— Tamar, London, 140 tons of salt, G. Brown— Brighton, Shoreham, 64$ tons of salt, G. Brown— Diligence, Bridg- water, 67 tons of salt, Southan and Son— Severn, Bridgwater, 25 tons of salt, 7j tons of ironmongery, and 1 ton of furniture, & c., Stuckey and Co.— Cygnet, Bridgwater, 34 tons of salt, 16 tons of iron, & c., and 6 torn of crates, & c., Stuckey and Co.— St. Austlc, Gweek, 69 tons of Bait, Southan and Son. TOWN INFIRMARY, Nov. 24— Surgeon of the week, Mr. Bellamy. Patients admitted, 19; discharged, 11; in the house, 154. Out- patients visited and in attendance, 823. Midwifery cases, 1. BIRMINGHAM DISPENSARY, NOV. 24.— Sick patients relieved, 413; midwifery cases, 18. BIRMINGHAM SAVINGS'BANK.— Monthly Beport.— Amount received from the 20th of Oct. to the 20th of November, in 763 deposits, £ 3,326 12a. 5d. Amount repaid from ditto to ditto, iu 228 sums, £ 2,535 Is. 3d. Amount invested in the Bank of England, £ 114,013 4s. 2d. New accounts opened this month, 132. Number of accounts now open, 6,373. STATE OF THE WORKHOUSE UP TO NOV. 21. In the House Admittedsince .... Born in the House Dlschgd, absconded and dead* Total of each Men. 197 24 321 13 Wo- men. . Boys. 209 15 224 10 Girls. INFANTS. Male. Fein. Total. 28 462 65 527 41 Number of Cases relieved last week 3,059 NumberofChildren in the Asylum... 290 * Of whom 2 women and 1 girl died, METEOROLOGICAL DIARY. • FURNISHEDBY MR. WOLLER, R DO B A 3TON - ST RE ET. Barometer at noon. Ex. treme during night. Ther- mome- ter 8 morn. Extreme heat during day. Ther. mome- ter at noon. State of Wind nt noon. Remarks at noon. Nov. 38 0 18 29 60 28 0 51) 0 42 0 W Rain 19 29 50 29 0 38 0 52 0 44 0 S w Rain 20 29 35 30 0 42 0 54 0 42 0 W Rain 21 • 29 40 35 0 44 0 54 0 44 0 w Rain 22 29 50 40 0 44 0 56 ( 1 46 0 sw Rain 23 29 55 45 0 50 0 56 0 52 0 w Italn 24 29 60 46 0 50 0 52 0 46 0 WbyN Fair BIRTHS. On Tuesday, at St. John's Worcester, the lady of E. A. Turley, Esq., of a daughter. At the Vicarage, Kenilworth, jthe lady of the Rev. II. M. Villiers, of a son and heir. MARRIAGES. On the 13th inst., at St. George's, Mr. William Dawson, jeweller, of Great Hampton- row, to Miss Eliza Mansell, of Kidderminster. On Sunday last, at St. Thomas's Church, Mr. John Palmer, butcher, to Amelia, only daughter of Mr. Johu Field, brassfounder, of Bartholomew- street. On Monday last, at the register office for this district, Mr. John Simmons, jeweller, to Miss Maria Onion9, both of this town. On Monday last, at Edghaston, by the Rev. C. II. Pixel!, Mr. William Pursall, of Cherry- street, to Amelia, eldest daughter of Mr. Dace, of Summer- lane. On Wednesday last, at the Catholic Chapel, St. Martin's- place, by the Rev. T. M. M'Donnell, and on Thursday, at Aston Church, by the Rev. J. H. Harrison, Mr. Bartholo- mew Bretherton, jun., to Martha Margaret Anna, second daughter of Charles Annesley, M. D., late of the Royal Scotch Greys, both of this town. On Thursday, at Milverton, John Hall, Gent., of America, to Miss Fanny Walters, of Leamington. DEATHS. On Saturday, at her residence, Bradford- street, in the 85th year of her age, Mrs. Ruston, relict of the late Josepli Ruston, Esq. On Sunday morning last, in the 77th year of his age, after a very short illness, Mr. John Rea, tin plate worker, of this town. On Monday last, aged 58, after a long and severe illness, having received all the rites of the Catholic Church, Mrs. Wells, mother of Mrs. Powell, of Sutton Park. On Monday last, aged 41, Mr. Urban Luekcock, of Edg- baston. On Thursday last, after a short illness, aged 62, Mary, wife of Zaehnriah Josephs, of Great Hampton- street. On the 19th inst., Eleanor, the wife of Thomas Towns- hend, Esq., of Heath Green, aged 54. On the 22nd inst., Mr. John Jarvis Waddington, of Bristol- street, aged 45. On Sunday last, at Bridgnorth, Mr. Francis Hall, aged 83, brother of the late Mrs. Goode, of New- street. On Saturday last, after a short illness, Mr. William James, of Union- passage, foreman to Mr. W. B. Rey- nold s. On Friday last, universally respected, the Rev. Sic Henry Dryden, Bart., of Leek Wootton, in this county, and of Canon's- Ashby, Northamptonshire, in the 50tli year of his age. Orr Saturday last, aged 48, of apoplexy, Mr. S. Hawkes, landlord of the New Bowling Green, Lower Church- street, Warwick. t On Friday week, Mrs. Burbidge, of Kenilwortb, formerly of Coventry, aged 07. On the 18th inst., aged 01, Mr. William Wright, of Eyton- upon- Severn. On Saturday last, at Wellington, aged 48, in consequence of injuries received in being thrown from a gig, Mr. D. Humphreys, for manyyearsin the firm of Lightfoot and Co. » of Liverpool. On Saturday last, at Oswestry, in her 70th year, Mrs. Sarah Watson, formerly of Llanymynech. On Tuesday, aged 18, Mr. Francis Rose, 4, Theatre, buildings, Shrewsbury. 8 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 25. 8 LONDON GAZETTES. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. NOVEMBER 10.— ED WARD NORMS, Manchester, cotton spinner. NOVEMBER lt> SAMUEL ANDERSON, Wigmore- street, late of Winchester- street, Old Broad- street, merchant. BANKRUPTS. £ The Bankrupts to surrender at the Court of Commissioners , Bastng. hall- street, when not otherwise expressed.] BENJAMIN ORAM, 38, Blackmore- street, Soutlnvark, chemist, November 27 and December 29. Sols. Messrs. Rhodes and Co., 63, . Chancery- lane. Yet. Cr. William Boutcher and William Mortimore, New Leather Warehouse, Bermondsey, leather factors. Seal. November 15. THOMAS GAUNT, late of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, but now of 7, Upper Smith- street, Northampton- square, Goswell- road, iron master, November 25 and December 29. Sols. Messrs. Willis and Co., Tokenliouse. yard. Pet. Cr. William Blake, Easton, North, amptonshire, gent. Seal. September 27. EDWARD SEAGAR BALES, Treacher's- place; Wandsworth, road, omnibus proprietor, November 25 and December 29. Sols. Messrs. Ashurst and Gainsford, Cheapside. Pet. Cr. William Anthony, Surrey- place, Wandsworth. road. Seal. November 15. RALPH BARBER, sen., RALPH BARBER, jun., and GEORGE BARBER, now or late of Soutlnvark- bridge- road, hat manufac. turers, November 22 and December 29. Sol. Mr. F. Bankart, 34, Clement's- lane, Lombard- street. Pet. Cr. Harriett Malins, 134, Temple- place, Blackfriars- road, haberdasher. Seal. November 13. GEORGE SNELLING, jun., Worthing, grocer, November 29 and December 29. Sols. Messrs. King and Attwaters, 27, Queen, street, Cheapside. Pet. Cr. John Leedliam, William Leedham, and William Buss, Great Trinity- laue, cheesemongers. Seal. November 14. JOHN BOLTON, Leeds, machine maker, November 27 and De- cember 29, at the Court- house, Leeds. Sols. Messrs. Smithson and Dunn, 23, Southampton- buildings, Chancery- lane, London; and Messrs. Dunning and Kenyon, Leeds. Pet. Cr. Thomas Butler, George Beecroft, Ann Butler, Eliza Butler, and George Skirrow Beecroft, Leeds, ironmasters. Seal. November 11. BENJAMIN WALLIS and ROBERT WALLIS, Blackwall, ship builders, November 28 and December 29. Sol. Mr. Newbon, 2, Great Carter- lane, Doctors'. commons. Pet. Cr, Peter Rolt and Thomas Brocklebank, Cornhill, timber merchants. Seal. No- vember 14. JOHN PRICE, Birmingham, glass manufacturer, November 28 and December 29, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Sols. Messrs. Phillips and Conquest, Size- lane, London j and Messrs. Whateley, or Messrs. Stubbs and Rollings, Birmingham. Yet. Cr. Theopliilus Richards, Birmingham, merchant. Seal. November 14. JOHN SOESMAN NATHAN, 19, Clare- street, Bristol, and 357, High- street, Cheltenham, furniture broker, November 29 and December 29, at the Commercial- rooms, Bristol. Sol. Mr. Lewis Henry Braham, 3, New- inn, Strand, London. Yet. Cr. Mordecai Lazarus, Cutler- street, Houndsditcli, glass dealer. Seal. No- vember 9. JOSEPH HIRST, Gomersall, Yorkshire, wool merchant, Decembei 6 and 29, at the Court- house, Leeds. Sols. Messrs. Makinson and Sanders, Middle Temple, London ; and Mr. Foden, Leeds. Pet. Cr. William Taylor, Joseph Taylor, and Launcelot Gibson, Man. Chester, wool merchants. Seal. October 20. JOHN RING, Chewstoke, Somerstsliire, ochre manufacturer, No- vember 29 and December 29, at the Commercial- rooms, Bristol. Sols. Messrs. George Frederic Peters, Bristol; and Mr. William Jones, Crosby- square, London. Yet. Cr. William Beer, Bristol, oilman. Seal. November 4. WILLIAM SOWDEN, JOSEPH SOWDEN, SAMUEL SOW. DEN the younger, and JONAS SOWDEN, Bailiff- bridge, York, shire, worsted spinners, November 29 and December 29, at the Magistrates' Office, Halifax. Sols. Messrs. Ridsdale and Crad- dock, 5, Gray's- inn- square, London; and Messrs. Stansfeld and Craven, Halifax. Yet. Cr. William and Samuel Johnson, Halifax, woolstaplers. Seal. November 7. JOHN DALE, Wisbech Saint Peter's, Ely, Cambridgeshire, wool, leu draper, November 23 and December 29, at the Duke's Head Inn, Lynn Regis. Sols. Mr. Charles Metcalfe, jun., Wisbech ; and Messrs. R. M. and C. Baxter, 48, Lincoln's- inn- fields, London. Yet. Cr. Elizabeth Wherry, Wisbeacli, widow. Seal. Nov. 7. WILLIAM BROWN, Liverpool, cotton dealer, December 1 and 29, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. Sols. Messrs. Avison and Son, Cook. street, Liverpool; and Messrs. Adlington and Co., Bed- ford- row, London. Yet. Cr. Abraham Banks, Liverpool, oil manufacturer. Seal. November 3. WILLI AM CREED, Shepton Mallet, Somersetshire, grocer, No. vember 24 and December 29, at the Commercial- rooms, Bristol. Sols. Mr. Edward Smith Bigg, Southampton. buildings, Chancery, lane, London; and Mr. Lionel Oliver Bigg, Bristol. Pet. Cr. William Oliver Bigg, Bristol, tobacconist. Seal. November 14. THOMAS BUNN, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Southtown, Suffolk, corn dealer, November 24 and December 29, at the Star Hotel, Great Yarmouth. Sols. Mr. Samuel Palmer, Great Yar- mouth; and Messrs. Bartram and Son, 72, Old Broad- street, Lon- don. Yet. Cr. Edmund Bartrum, on behalf of the National Pro- vincial Bank of England. Seal. November 13. DIVIDENDS. Richard James Adams, Chelmsford, Essex, cabinet maker, De- cember 11— John Heath, Gosport, Hants, linen draper, December 9 — David Scott, Mansell- street, Goodman's- fields, dealer in Scotch ale, December 7— R. Shea and T. Pinn, Great Pulteney. street, Golden- square, tailors, December 9— Francis Hultson, Newgate- street, woollen draper, December 8— Haim Benattar, late of Fisli- street- hill, and Bevis Marks, but naw of Mogadore, merchant, De- cember^— Charles Coles the elder, Great Tower- street, We3t India broker, December 8— Daniel Field, Garford, Berks, mealman, De. cember 8, at the Lamb Inn, Abingdon—- Joseph Fletcher, Abingdon, Berks, carpet manufacturer, December 8, at the Crown and Thistle Inn, Abingdon— Joseph Heawood, Brinksway within Heaton Norris, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer, December 9, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool— Thomas Fletcher, Liverpool, banker, December 12, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool— Charles Caudwell, Man- chester, baker, December 13, at the Commissioners' rooms, Man. Chester— James Pickard, Wortley, Leeds, clothier, December 11, at the Court- house, Leeds— Francis Place, Leeds, tinner and brazier, December 18, at the Court- house, Leeds— George Brook, John Raper, and Benjamin Brook, Leeds, ironfounders, December 11, at the Court- house, Leeds— Charles Noades, Leeds, tailor, December 14, at the Court- house, Leeds— James Rusher, Leeds, commission agent, December 16, at the Court- house, Leeds— Samuel Downs, Glemsford, Suffolk, blacksmith, December 12, at the Six Bells Inn, Bury Saint Edmund's— William Audley, Newcastle- under- Lyme, c- binet maker, December 14, at the Roebuck Inn, Newcastle- under- Lyme— John Taylor Major and Samuel Major, Poole, upholsterers, December 20, at the London Tavern Inn, Poole— Moses Sharp, Thornton, Yorkshire, worsted piece manufacturer, December 29, at the Court- house, Bradford. CERTIFICATES, DECEMBER 8. William Thomas, 303, Holborn, linen draper— Charles Stanbridge, Lamb's- buildings, Bunhill- row, manufacturer of artificial skins— Sacuuel Blake Berry, 18, Greek- street, Soho, perfumer— George Dennistoun and Robert Laird, Liverpool, merchants— Thomas White, Manchester, innkeeper— Thomas Howard, Burnley, Lan- cashire, tailor— Charles Stoddart, Bank- chambers, Tokenliouse- yard, money scrivener— Thomas Fordham, Leadenhall- market, poulterer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. George Keene and Charles Robson, 2, Crown- court, Old Broad- street, wine and spirit merchants— Nathaniel Greaves and Henry Greaves Walker, Sheffield, merchants— Patrick Dillon and Thomas Richards, jun.— Joseph Eales and George Minty, Christchurch, Southampton, cabinet makers— Joseph Stubbs, George Absalom, and Edward Absolom, Cannon- street, City, wholesale grocers ( so fas as regards George Absolom)— Humphrey Fletcher, Thomas Stubbs, and Hugh Stott, Boroughbridge and Northallerton, Yorkshire, bankers— Thomas Booth and Josiah Stokes, Liverpool— John Culpau and George Walsh, Halifax, plumbers— Peter Playne, Daniel Smith, Edward Wise, Peter Playne, jun., and George Birt Smith, Minchin- hampton, Gloucestershire, and 9, Ironmonger- lane, City, woollen manufacturers ( so far as rogards George Birt Smith)— John Atkin- son, Richard Brian, and William Atkinson, Cheetham. vale, Lan- cashire, dyers— John Bryan and George Prentis, Maidstone, iron- mongers— Edmund Chippindall and Alice Chippindall, Hurst- green, Lancashire, bobbin turners— Robert Roberts andTheophilus Bicker- ton, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, mercers— Caleb Morgan, jun., and John Gillingham, jun., Great Suffolk. street, Southvvark, vete- rinary surgeons— William Tempest and James Tempest, Holbech, Leeds, common brewers— Thomas Burbidge and James Foster, Leicester and Loughborough, wharfingers— William Evans, Samuel Evans, James Bingham, Thomas Bingham, and Joseph Humpston, Derby, iron and tin- plate manufacturers— Robert Wilkins, Henry Robinson, and William Crane Wilkins, 24, Long- acre, - lighthouse manufacturers— Mary Browse, Bartlett Browse, Nicholas Browse, and Samuel Browse, Brixham, Devonshire, linen and woollen drapers— Joseph Hope, sen., Joseph Hope, jun., and Robert Hope, Carlisle, tea dealers ( so far as regards Robert Hope)— John Nisbett, Lavernock, Glamorganshire, and William Price, Tredegar iron works, Bedwelltey, Monmouthshire, farmers— James Fletcher, Manchester, and James Barlow, Mauchrster, wheelwrights. ASSIGNMENT. David Jones, jun., Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, shopkeeper. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2i. manufacturing chemist, November 29 and January 2. Sol. Mr Swan, Great Knight Rider- street, Doctors'- commons. Pet. Cr. Francis William Gerish, East- road, City- road, ironmonger. Seal November 15. SAMUEL BALSDON, 53, Southmolton street, tailor, November 29 and January 2. Sol. Mr. Haines, jun., 7, Staple- inn. Pet. Cr. Roger Roden, 11, Panton. square, tailor. Seal. November 10. PHYLBERT HAMLIN ROBERTS, Exeter, broker, December 1 and January 2, at the Old London Inn, Exeter. Sols. Msesrs. Gidley and Kingdon, Exeter; and Messrs. Burfoot, 2, Kiig's Bench- walk, Inner Temple, London. Pet. Cr. William Roberts, Exeter, Custom- house officer. Seal. November 13. ROBERT DUNCAN WILMOT, Liverpool, merchant, December 5 and January 2, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. Sols. Messrs. Taylor and Co., 41, Bedford- row, London ; and Messrs. Lowndes and Robinson, Liverpool. Yet. Cr. James Lister, on behalf of the Liverpool Union Bank. Seal. November 14. JOHN FERGUSON, now or late of Hanging Heaton, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, manufacturer, December 6 and January 2, at the Court- house, Leeds. Sols. Messrs. Scholes and Walker, Dews- bury; and Messrs. Battye and Co., Cliancery. lane. Pet. Cr. Robert Machell, Hanging Heaton, Dewsbury, manufacturer. Seal. November 14. JAMES DRIVER, Cambridge, hatter, December 8 and January 2, at the Sun Hotel, Cambridge. Sols. Messrs. Coe and Tippetts, 6, Pancras- lane, London ; and Mr. J. Eaden, jun., Cambridge. Pet Cr. Francis Eaden, Cambridge, common brewer. Seal. No- vember 16. JOSEPH YATES, Flixton, Irlam, and Manchester, Lancashire, dye wood grinder, December 16 and January 2, at the Commis- sioners'- rooms, Manchester. Sols. Mr. John Hampson, Norfolk- street, Manchester; and Messrs. Adlingtou and Co., Bedford- row, London. Pet. Cr. John Hall, Manchester, iron master. Seal. November 14. THOMAS STOKES, Clevedon Hotel, Clevedon, Somersetshire, innholder, December 6 and January 2, at the Commercial- rooms, Bristol. Sols. Messrs. White and Whitmore, Bedford- row, Lon- don ; and Mr. Francis Shutt, Corn- street, Bristol. Pet. Cr. Francis Sliutt, Bristol, gent. Seal. November 14. WILLIAM PETTIFER, Nottingham, common carrier, December 1 and January 2, at the Ram Hotel, Nottingham. Sols. Mr. John Buttery, Nottingham ; and Mr. Augustus Wolston, Furnival's- inn, Holborn, London. Pet. Cr. William Bell, Nottingham, iron- monger. Seal. November 13. HENRY GODFREY, Leamington- priors, Warwickshire, chemist, December 8 and January 2, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington- priors. Sols. Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's- inn- fields, London ; and Mr. William Russell, Leamington- priors. Pet. Cr. Edward Treadgold, carpenter, George Smith, wine merchant, George Cundall, grocer, Richard Jones, tailor, Joseph Edwards, butcher, William Samuel Disley, painter, Thomas Mellor, tailor, and William Lloyd, chinaman, all of Leamington- priors. Seal. November 15. HENRY SHUCKBURGH, Bristol, grocer, December 5and January 2, at the Commercial- rooms, Bristol. Sols. Messrs. Hicks and Braikenbridge, Bartlett's- buildings, Holborn, London; and Mr. James P. Hinton, Exchange- buildings, Bristol. Pet. Cr. Benja- min Adney Shuckburgh, Bristol, gent. RICHARD DONOVAN MURPHY, late of Liverpool, wine and spirit merchant, December 7 and January 2, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. Sols. Messrs. Bradshaw and Yates, Water, street, Liveopool; and Messrs. Holme and Loftus, New- inn, Lon- don. Pet. Cr. Thomas Bradshaw, Liverpool, gent. Seal. No- vember 13. JOSEPH H. WEBSTER, Lowestoft, Suffolk, linen draper, No- vember 27 and January 2, at the Angel Inn, Great Yarmouth. Sols. Mr. Samuel Benjamin Sherrington, attorney- at- law, Great Yar- mouth ; and Messrs. Rhodes and Co., Chancery- lane. Yet. Cr. James Garrett Bond, Great Yarmouth, linen draper. Seal. No- vember 14. WILLIAM BURNELL, Wortley, Yorkshire, cloth manufacturer November 28 and January 2, at the Court- house, Leeds. Sols. Messrs. Hardwiek and Davidson, 14, Cateaton- street. London and Messrs. T. and J. Lee, Leeds. Pet. Cr. Richard Hardwick, Leeds, wool merchant* Seal. November 6. DIVIDENDS. John Chandler and Samuel King, St. Paul's churchyard, woollen drapers, December 15— William Wickham Greenhill, Cobham, Surrey, cattle dealer, December IS— John Hayles, 15, Kensington- gardens, Brighton, builder, December 14— Alfred Lambe, 142, New Bond- street, wine merchant, and 35, Rose- lane, Spitalnelds, orchil manufacturer, December 14— William Beattie, St. Paul's- cliurch- yard, pocket book maker, December 15— Richard Rowed, Hatfield street, Christchurch, Surrey, lighterman, December 15— Joseph Abraham Cox, Oxford- street, woollen draper, December 14— David Rankine, Martiu's- lane, Cannon- street, merchant, December 14— Samuel Norman, Princess- street, Leicester- square, silversmith, December 14— John Thomas Thompson, Long- acre, upholsterer, December 13— James Cowper, Copthall- court, City, merchant, De- cember 13— Robert Wilkinson, Coptliall- buildings, City, accountant, December 13- James Surrey and John Surrey, Mark- lane, inealmen, December 13— William Bosher M'Pherson, Rosmary Branch Tavern, Hoxton, victualler, December 12— Stephen Ratcliffe, Faversbam, Kent, bookseller, December 11— John Newson, Rising Sun Brewery, Davies- place, Chelsea, brewer, December 11— John O'Brien, Broad, street- buildings, merchant, December 11— Charles Orrah, Hudders- field, draper, December 11— Joseph Elias Noakes, Robertsbridge, Sussex, innkeeper, November 23— George Jones, Shad Thames, Horselydovvn, wharfinger, November 30— Thomas Weaver, Bir- mingham, builder, December 12, at the Clarendon Hotel, Birming- ham— Thomas Holland, Birmingham, iron tube manufacturer, De. cember 12, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham— William Ash- ford Beet and Read Best, Birmingham, pocket book manufacturers, December 13, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham— H. H. Preston, Derby, lacemen, December 14, at the New Inn, Derby— John Richardson, now or late of Watlington, Norfolk, carpenter, De- cember 16, at the Globe Hotel, King's Lynn— John Thorpe, late of South Owersby, Lincolnshire, dealer in wool, December 15, at the Lion Inn, Glamford Briggs— James Bradbury, Sheffield, cutler, De- cember. 15, at the Town. hall, Sheffield— Charles Priestley, Fisher- gate, York, glass manufacturer, December 14, at the Falcon Inn, Micklegate, York— William Ilaje, Bath, scrivener, December 18, at the Castle and Ball Hotel, Bath— Benjamin Buchanan and David Laird, Liverpool, merchants, December 16, at the Clarendon. rooms, Liverpool— Thomas Fowler, late of Basingstoke, Hampshire, vic- tualler, December 14, at the George Inn, Winchester— Jedidiah Davenport, December 13, at the office of Mr. George Smith, Derby — John Morris, Stone, Staffordshire, boot manufacturer, December 15, at the George Inn, Stafford— William Blurton, Field- hall, Staf- fordshire, gentleman, December 15, at the George Inn, Stafford- Samuel Mitchell, Sheffield, merchant, December 21, at the Town- hall, Sheffield— Samuel Franceys, Liverpool, bookseller, December 12, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool— Richard Tarleton, Liver- pool, spirit merchant, December 20, at the Clarendon. rooms, Liver- pool— John Senior, Hereford, cabinet maker, December 20, at the Green Dragon Inn, Hereford— Ambrose Gallimore, Stone, Stafford- shire, printer, December 15, at the George Inn, Stafford— William Taylor, Stand- lane, Prestwich- cum- Oldham, dyer, December 16, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester— Henry Wrigley, Halifax, Yorkshire, silk waste spinner, December 13, at the Magistrates' Office, Halifax— John Honey, Redruth, Cornwall, linen draper, De- cember 14, at Pearce's Hotel, Falmouth— John Balsom, Newton Abbott, Devonshire, cabinet maker, December 19, at the Old Lon- don Iun, Exeter. CERTIFICATES, DECEMBER 12. Thomas Ladyman, Liverpool, ironmonger— James Banks, Preston, bookseller— Richard Smart, Thornhill Arms, Upper Southampton, street, Islington, licensed victualler— James Newton, Bitterne, Hampshire, builder— William King, Vauxhall Brewery, South Lambeth, common brewer— James Ramsden, Kirkgate, Bradford Yorkshire, hatter. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Thomas Goulding and Matthew Flint, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, drapers— Joshua Robinson and William Crippin, Manchester, com mission agents— Henry Bentley and John Lucas, Stockport, Cheshire, chemists— John Clayton and Henry Eaton, 10, Lancaster- place, Strand, attorneys— Pascal Widlake and Nicholas Clogg, Barnstaple, linen and woollen drapers— William Chadwell and Charles Bayne Chadwell, Oxford, cutlers— Isaac Clegg, John James Broome, and William Greenwood Nutter, Oldham, Lancashire, cotton- spinners— D. and A. Wilkinson, George- yard, Lombard. street— Francis Birk- beck and John Perkin Earnshaw, Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland, common brewers— James Binion Cooper and George Hall, Drury- lane, ironfounders— Elizabeth Matthews and Joseph Matthews, Bristol, cheesemongers— Thomas Jones and Richard Stockton Smith, 79, High- street, Whitechapel, tea dealers— S. Abrahams and Chris- topher Robson, 8 Clifford's- inn, Fleet- street, attorneys— William Augustus Parsons and Arthur Homer, Birmingham, surgeons- William Heine and Moritx Heine, Manchester, merchants— Joseph Price, John Watkin, and Richard Hodgson Southall, Manchester, file manufacturers— Peter Richardson and Elizabeih Richardson, Sal- ford, Lancashire, innkeepers— Andrew Tapper Loveys and James Willis, Manaell- street, Goodman's- fields, wine coopers— Henry Rid- out Downman, Hugh Herbert Downman, Nicholas Price, and Thomas Gratrex, of the M. C. Tin Plate Company, Carmarthen ( so far as regards Nicholas Price and Thomas Gratrex)— Richard King and Octavius Wood, 16, King- street, Cheapside, woollen drapers- George Haworth and John Bridge, Castleton Lower- mill, Rochdale, cotton ppinners. ASSIGNMENTS. Henry Chinn, Lichfield, proctor. John Earwaker and William Child, Green- walk, Holland- street, Blackfriars- road, potters, John Richardson, St. Alban's, upholsterer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. John Sharpe, Howe- street, Edinburgh, grocer. 17s; fine; 18s to 21s ; old, — s to — s.— Trefolium, 14s to 17s; fine, 18s to 21s.— Caraway, English, new, 44s to 483 ; Foreign, 46s to 50s— Coriander, 9s Od to llsOd. Per Quarter.— St. Foin, - s to — s ; fine,— s to — s ; Rye Grass, 30s to 33s; new, 34s to 36s ; Pacey Grass, —- s to— s; Linseed forfeeding, 48s to 50s ; fine, 52s to 56s ; ditto for crushing, 44s to 47s.— Canary, 40s to 45s.— Hemp, 35s to 40s. Per Bushel— White Mustard Seed, 7s Od to 8s Od; brown ditto, 9s Od to 10s ; Tares, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; fine new, Win., 4s Od to 4s 3d. Per Last Rape Seed, English, 28/ to 30/; Foreign, 27J to 29/. GENERALAVERAGE PRICE OFBRITISI* CORN FORTHE WEEK ENDING Nov. 11, 1837 Wheat, 52s lid; Barley, 30s 5d; Oats, 21s 2d ; Rye, 318 Id; Beans, 36s 7d ; Peas, 35s 4d. DUTYON FOREIGN CORN FORTIIE PRESENT WEEK.—- Wheat, 34S 8d ; 3arley, 16s 10d; Oats, 15s 3d; Rye, 22s 9d ; Beans, 14B Od ; Peas 16s 9d. HAYANDSTRAW.— Smithfield.— Hay, 80s Od to 100s 0d; Inferior, — s to —- s; Clover, 80s to 1158; Inferior — s to — 8; Straw, 32s to 383. Whitechapel.— Clover, 100s to 120s ; new, — s to — s ; second out, 70s to 100s; Hay, 90 to 100s ; new ditto, — s to — 8 ; Wheat Straw, 34s to 36s. Cumberland.— Fine Upland Meadow and Rye- grass Hay, 100s to 105s; inferior ditto, 86s to 92s; superior Clover, 110s to 1158; Straw, 38s to 40s per load of36 trusses. Portman Market. — Coarse heavy Lowland Hay,— sto— s; new Meadow Hay,— sto— s ; old ditto, 84sto 105s; usefulditto,— sto — s; New Clover ditto,— 8 to— 8; old ditto, 100s to 115s; Wheat Straw, 30s to 38s per load of 36 trusses. OILS.— Rape Oil, brown, £ 35 6s per ton ; Refined, £ 37 6s • Linseed Oil, <£ 28 0s ; and Rape Cake, £ 5 5s.— Linseed Oil Cake. £ 12 12s per thousand. SMITHFIELD, Nov. 20 — To sink the offal— per 81b.— Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; Best Down and Polled Mutton, 4s Od to 4s 6d; Veal, 48 Od to 5s 2d; Pork, 4s Od to 5s 6d ; Lamb, 0s 0d to OsOd. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.— By the Carcase.— Beef, 3s Od to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 3s lOd ; Veal, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; Pork, 4s Od to 5s 4d : Lamb, 0s Od to 0s Od. THE ONLY CURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS. RAMSBOTTOM'S CORN and BUNION SOL- VENT. By the use of this valuable remedyimme- diate relief from pain is obtained, and by its successive appiication for ashortperiod, the most obstinate Corns are entirely removed without recourse to the dangerous opera- tions of cutting or filing. The proprietor pledges himself that it does not contain caustic or any other article that will inflame the skin; being white it will not stain the stocking; and the advantage it has over plaister is mani- fest, and fully appreciated, as the very high recommenda- tion bestowed upon it by every individual that has used it testifies. Price Is. l£ d. and 2s. The various counterfeits that are attempted to be im- posed upon the public in lieu of this invaluable remedy, render it imperatively necessary for purchasers to ask for S. Ramsbottom's Corn and Bunion Solvent, and to see that it has the signature of" S. Ramsbottom" written upon the label that is pasted on the outside of the wrapper of every genuine bottle, in addition to the name of the article, and words sold by Hannayand Co. 63, Oxford- street, being the name and address of the proprietor's wholesale agents. The following letter from Mr. John Winfield, of Bir- mingham, is one of many hundreds of the same tenor: — Gentlemen— Having read an advertisement in a Birmingham paper, I was induced to purchase from your agent, Mr. Maher, Ann- street, a bottle of Ramsbottom's Corn and Bunion Solvent;— after a week's application I found it had the desired effect. I have since re- commended it to many of my friends. You are at liberty to make any use you please of this communication.— Your obedient servant, Birmingham, August 6,1836. JOHN WINFIELD. Soldbyappointmentby M. Maher, 5, Congreve- stree » , and W. Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham ; Parke, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; Mer- ridew, Coventry; Dicey, Northampton. w REMOVED TO 120, SNOW- HILL. REPAIRING THE CONSTITUTION. Y REPAIRING the CONSTITUTION, the Advertiser means the HUMAN FRAME, which, by too free indulgence in momentary pleasures, destroys too often the noble fabric of man, and tortures him through his whole existence; weakens his energies, and makes him un- fit to perform those functions which are required of him. Dr. FISCIIELBERG, formerly of the Prussian army, wiio directs his entire study to those cases so frequently brought on by the indiscretion of youth and inebriety, and whose long and extensive practice on the baneful diseases arising from theabove causes, has at length been so fortunate as to conquer, through his salutary and most valuable medicinal preparations, the most obstinate venereal diseases, and does with confidence assure the afflicted, that, by adhering to his medicines, a complete cure may be relied on, for which he pledges his reputation. Dr. F. may be consulted by both sexes with the greatest confidence, from nine in the morning till ten at night, and on Sundays from ten till two, at his Medical Establish- ment, No. 120, Snowhill, opposite the Coach and Horses Tavern, Birmingham, ( late of Christ Church Passage, New- street) where advice and medicines may be obtained. The PILES successfully treated by internal medicines only. Dr. FISCHELBERGisthesole Proprietorof the highly celebrated Royal Prussian Herb Pills, for the cure of the Venereal disease. Sold, with proper directions for use, in boxes at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, duty included—- Agent, Ml'. Caldicott, bookseller, Dudley- street, Wolverhampton. Letters from the country, post- paid, with particulars of the case, and enclosing a remittance, punctually attended to, and advice and medicines forwarded to any part of the kingdom. Igf Observe, No. 120, Snowhill, opposite the Coach and Horses Tavern. DISCOLOURED TEETH NEWLY ENAMELLED, WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST PAIN OR INCONVENIENCE. LOSS OF TEETH SUPPLIED, Without Wires, Springs, or Clasps, Loose Teeth Fastened, And filling Decayed Teeth with Mineral Siliceum. MONS. DE BERRI AND CO., SURGEON- DENTISTS, 17, EASY- ROW, BIRMINGHAM, AND 121, REGENT- STREET, LONDON, RESPECTFULLY inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that they have recently discovered a Liquid Enamel, which by a single application, and without the slightest pain, immediately hardens and produces a beautiful and permanent Enamel on Teeth which are discoloured from age, neglect, calomel, or disease of the gums, and as it is well known that the loss of the natural enamel is the principal cause of the various diseases of the Teeth and Gums, the value of this invention cannot be too highly appreciated, as it at once replaces by art what has been lost by nature. They also continue to fill up the cavities of Decayed Teeth with their celebrated Mineral Siliceum, without the least pain, heat, or pressure, it is placed into the cavity in an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds gets hard, preventing and curing the Tooth- ache, arresting all further progress of decay, and rendering the opeiation of extraction unnecessary. Artificial Teeth made of this incorrodible mineral are more durable than those usually worn ; they always retain their colour, never break from the plate, are free from smell, and not affected by the use of the most powerful medicines. Artificial and Natural Teeth, of surpassing beauty, fixed from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots or giving any pain, without springs, wires, or ligatures, answer- ing all the purposes of Mastication and Articulation, re- maining perfectly secure in their places, and may be taken out and replaced by the wearer with the greatest facility,— at the following Paris charges: — £. s. d. A single Artificial Tooth 0 10 0 A complete set 5 5 0 A complete set of Natural Teeth, on fine gold plate . „ 15 0 0 An entire set of Natural Teeth, highly finished, in the first style, with fine gold sockets, usually charged 40 guineas ™ . 20 0 0 They also fasten loose Teeth, and repair Artificial Teeth to their original state. 17, Easy- row, Birmingham. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. NOVEMBER 18— WILLIAM BRYCESON, 38, Great Queon- street, Lincoln's. inn. fields, brass manufacturer. NOVEMBEB 20.— WILLIAM BIRD, Cambridge, innkeeper. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. WILLIAM MACKINTOSH, Liverpool, victulllOr. BANKRUPTS. JOHN OSBORN, Upper Montague. street, Montague. square, horse dealer, November 27 and January 2. Sol. Mr. John Carlow, 6, Chancery. lane. Pet. Cr. John Carlow, Chancery- lane, gent. Seal. November 17. DA. YID BOAST, London- road, near the Elephant and Ca3tle, chemist, November 30 and January 2. Sols. Messrs. Temple and fionner, 16, Furnival's. inn, Holborn. Pet. Cr. Frederick James Henry Temple, Furnival's. inn, gent. Seal. November 13. BENJAMIN FULL WOOD, formerly of Somerset. place, Hoxton, annatto manufacturer, aud late of Sufl'olk- cottage, Hackuey- road, LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, NOV. 20— Wheat, Essex Red, new, 40s to 50a ; line, 52s to 56s ; old, 58s to 60s; white, new, 50s to 54s j line, 56s to 58s ; superfine, 60s to 61s; old, — s to — s.— Rye, 30s to 32s.— Barley, 26s to 30s ; tine, 33s to 35s; superfine, — s to — s.— Malt, 50s to 56s; fine, 58s to 60s.— Peas, Hog, 33s to31s ; Maple, 35s to 36s; white, 36s to 38s ; Boilers, 38s to 40s.— Beans, small, 38s to 40s; old, — e to — s; Ticks, 30s to 33s; old, — s to — s; Harrow, 33s to 35s— Oats, feed, 19s to 21s; fine, 22s to 24s; Poland, 22s to 24s j ' fine, 25s to 26s; Potatoe, 25s to 27s ; fine, 28s to 29s Bran, per quarter, lOsOd to lis 0d,_ Pollard, filie,' per ditto, 14s. 20s. PRICE OP SEEDS, NOV. 20 Per Cwt RedClover, English, 55s to 63s ; fine, 65s to 70s; Foreign, 52s to 60s; fine, 63sto68s White Clover, 55s to 60s; fine, 65s to 70s.— Trefoil, new, 13s to BARON DUPUYTREN'S MEDICATED PO- MATUM for PRESERVING the HAIR, in two preparations; one for gentlemen, and one, of proportionate strength, for ladies and young persons of both sexes; in pots at 3s. 6d. and 5s. 6d. Although in number and variety there may be no want of specifics for the preservation of hair, yet the one now offered to the public, is of such surpassing efficacy in preserving the hair in thickness and beauty to the latest possible period, that its discovery should be hailed with delight by all who value one of kind nature's chiefest ornaments. The celebrity of Baron Dupuytren, whose professional skill was universally acknowledged and rewarded by great honorary distinctions, affords the best guarantee for his Chemical Pomatum producing the intended effect. Another most excellent property of this Pomatum is, that by using it immediately after the cutting of the hair, any cold in the head will be most effectually obviated, a fact which ought to be carefully attended to by young and old. N. B. In order to prevent the above preparations from being counterfeited, every label is marked, in the hand- writing of the Proprietor, with his initials F. W. J. which are also printed on every pot, inside and outside, in the ma- nufacture.— Laboratory, 156, Regent- street, London. Sold by F. SMITH, chemist, 10, New- street, Birmingham, and by most chemists, perfumers, and hairdressers, in the principal towns and watering places of the United Kingdom. ASHLEY COOPER'S BOTANICAL PURIFY- ING PILLS are established by thirty years'experi- ence, are prescribed by most of the eminent Physicians and Surgeons in London, and are always administered at several public hospitals, as the only certain remedy for Gonorrhcea, Gleets, Strictures, and all other forms of Ve- nereal diseases, in either sex, curing in a few days, by one small pill for a dose, with ease, secrecy, and safety. Their operation is imperceptible, they do not require theslightest confinement, or any alteration of diet, beverage or exercise. They do not disagree with the stomach, nor cause any offensive smell to the breath, as is the case with all other medicines in use for these complaints, and after a cure ef- fected by the use of these pills, the party willnotexperieenc any return of the complaint, as generally occurs after taking Balsam of Copaiba, and other drugs of the like nature, which only possessing a local action, merelysuppressed the complaintfor a time, without eradicating it from the con- stitution, and the patient on undergoing a little more fa- tigue than ordinary, finds all the symptoms return, and that they are suffering under the complaint as much as at first, and are at last constrained to have recourse to these pills, as the only certain cure. They are likewise a mostefficient remedy for Pimpled Faces, Scurf, Scorbutic Affections, and all Eruptions of the Skin. Captains of vesselsshould make a point of always taking them to sea, their unrivalled effi- cacy in curing Scurvy being known throughout the world. The following letter selected from numerous other pro- essional recommendations forwarded to the proprietor when, he first offered these pills to the public, may be considered interesting. From that eminent surgeon, the late Joshua Brookes, Esq., F. R. S-, Professor of Anatomy, & c. & c. Theatre of Anatomy, Blenheim. street. Dear Cooper,— I have tried your pills in numerous instances, aud my candid opinion is that they are a inostimproved system of treat- ment for those peculiar complaints for which you recommend them, curing with rapidity, and with a certainty that 1 had never before witnessed; but what I consider their most invaluable property is, that they entirely eradicate the complaint, and never leave those dis- tressing secondary symptoms ( that harass the patient for life) which usually arise after the use of those uncertain remedies, Mercury and Copaiba. I think you cannot fail to have a very large sale for them. Believe me, yours, very truly, JOSHUA BROOKES. Ashley Cooper's Botanical Purifying Pills are sold in boxes at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, wholesale and retail, at HANNAY arid Co.' s General Patent Medicine Warehouse, 63, Oxford- street, the corner of Wells- street, London, where the public can be'supplied with every Patent Medi- cine of repute, ( witli an allowance on taking six at one time) warranted genuine and fresh from the various makers. Orders by post, containing a remittance, punctually attended to, and the change, if any, can be returned with the older. Ashley Cooper's Botanical Pills are sold by one or more respectable venders in every town in the kingdom, and any shop that has not got them will obtain them from London without any extra charge. Country shops can obtain them through any of the London booksellers. Sold by appointment by M. Maher, 5, Congreve- street, and Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham ; Parker, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; and Merridew, Coventry. MESSRS. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, may be personally consulted from nine in the morning, till ten at night, and on Sundays from nine till two, at No. 4, GREAT CHARLES- STREET, four doors from Easy- row, Birmingham ; No. 23, SLATER STREET, near DUKE- STREET, LIVERPOOL, and No. 2, BALE- STREET, near St. Peter's Church, MANCHESTER, of whom may be had ( gratis) with each box of pills, their TREATISE ON THE VENEREAL DISEASE, Gonorrhcea, Gleets, and Stric- tures, arising from early abuses, intended for the instruction of genera! readers, so that all persons can obtain an imme- diate cure with ease, secrecy, and safety. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, of Copaiba, Cubebs, and other Vegetable extracts, price 2s. 9d. and lis., per Box, a certain, safe, and the most speedy remedy ever discovered for the permanent and ef- fectual cure of gonorrhoea, gleets, strictures, seminal weak- ness, pains in the loins, affections of the kidneys, gravel lumbago, local debility, irritation of the bladder or uretha, and other diseases of the urinary passages, frequently per- forming a perfect cure in the short space of three days, with ease, secrecy, and safety. Their operation is imper- ceptible; they do not require the slightest confinement, or any alteration of diet, beverage, or exercise. Neither do they disagree with the stomach, or cause any offensive smell to the breath, as is the case with Copaiba and Cubebs, when administered by medical men in the usual way. PERRY'S VEGETABLE PILLS are well known as a certain and effectual remedy for the Venereal disease, secondary symptoms, venereal eruptions, pains in the bones, ulcerated sore throats, diseased nose, chronic rheumatism, scrofula, scorbutic and glandular affections, local and general debility, nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, depression of spirits, and alldiseases arising from an impure state of the blood. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to the venereal disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison— mercury, ruin the constitution, and cause ulcerations, with blotches on the head, face, and body, dimness in the sight, noise in the ears, deafness, obstinate gleets, and nodes on the shin bones,' till at length a general debility and decay of the constitution ensues, and a melancholy death puts a period to their dread- ful sufferings. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, continue to direct their studies to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervous affections, and entail on its votaries all the enervating imbecilities of old age, but weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, occasioning loss of imagination, judgment, and memory, indifference and aversion for all pleasures, the idea of their own unhappiness aud despair, which arises from considering themselves as the authors of their own misery, and the necessity of renouncing the felicities of marriage, are the fluctuating ideas of those who have given way to this delusive and destructive habit. In that distressing state of debility or deficiency, whether the consequence of such baneful practices, excessive drink- ing, or any other cause, by which the powers of the con- stitution become enfeebled, they offer a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. Messrs. PERRY and Co., may be personally consulted from nine in the morning till ten at night, and on Sundays from nine till two, and will give advice to persons taking the above, or any other of their preparations, without a fee, at No. 4, Great Charles- street, four doors from Easy- row, Bir- mingham ; 23, Slater- street, near Duke- street, Liverpool; and at 2, Bale- street, near St. Peter's Church, Manchester; where their Pills can only be obtained, as no Bookseller, Druggist, or other Medicine Vendor is supplied with them. Lettersf rom the country ( post paid), containing a remit tance for medicine, will be immediately answered. FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA. ACERTAIN and most speedy cure for all Urethra, Discharges, Gleets, Spasmodic Strictures, Irritation of the Kidneys, Bladder, Urethra and Prostate Gland. TESTIMONIALS. From Joseph Henry Green, Esq., F. R. S., one of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and Professor of Surgery in King's College, London, " I have made trial of Mr. Franks's Solution of Copaiba, at St. Thomas's Hospital, in a variety of cases of discharges in the male and female, and the results warrant my stating, that it is an effica- cious remedy, and one which does not produce the usual unpleasant effects of Copaiba. ( Signed,) JOSEPH HENRY GREEN, 46, Lineoln's. inn. fields, April 25,1835. From Bransby Cooper, Esq., F. R. S., Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and Lectureron Anatomy, & c., & c, Mr. Bransby Cooper presents his compliments to Mr. George Franks, and has great pleasure in bearing testimony of the efficacy of his Solution of Copaiba, in Gonorrhfea, for which disease Mr. Cooper has prescribed the Solution in ten or twelve cases with per. feet success. New- street, Spring Gardens, April 13,1835. From William Hentsch, Esq., House Surgeon to the Free Hospital, Greville- street, Hatton street. My dear Sir,— I have given your medicine in many cases of Go- norrhaea and Gleets, some of which had been many months under other treatment, and can bear testimony to its great efficacy. 1 have found it to cure in a much shorter time, and with more tienefit to the general health, than any other mode of treatment I know of; the generality of cases have been cured within a week from the commencement of taking the Medicine, and some of them in less time than that. Have the goodness to send me another supply. I am, dear sir, your's, very truly, ( Signed) WILLIAM HENTSCH. Greville. street, Hatton- garden, April 15,1835. Prepared only by George Franks, surgeon, 90, Black- friars- road, and may be had of his Agents, Barclay and Sons, Farringdon- street, I. ondon; Evans, Son and Co., Fenwick- street, Liverpool; Mander, Weaver, and Co., Wolverhamp- ton ; at the Medical Hall, 54, Lower Sackville- street, Dub lin; of J. and R. Raimes, Leith- walk, Edinburgh; and of all Wholesale and Retail Patent Medicine Venders in the United Kingdom. Sold in bottles at 2s. 9d., 4s ,6( 1., and lis. each, duty included. Caution.— To prevent imposition, the Honourable Com- missioners of Stamps have directed the name of " George Franks, Blackfriars- road," to be engraven on the Govern- ment Stamp. N. B Hospitals, and other Medical Charities, supplied as usual from the Proprietor. | g| r Mr. Franks may be consulted every day, as usual, until Two o'clock. Sold by appointment, by Mr. Maher, 5, Congreve- street, Birmingham; Merridew, Coventry; Owen and Gerdes, Liverpool; Bowman and Law, Manchester; and Deighton and Co., Betterby, York. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. ANOTHER extraordinary cure of Rheumatic Gout, from Lincolnshire, communicated by Mr. Noble, the general agent for that county. To Mr. Front. 229, Strand, London. Boston, April 26, 1837. SIR,— Among the numerous instances which have come to my knowledge of the beneficial effects produced by the use of Blair's in- valuable Gout and Rheumatic Pills, the following is so striking and so well authenticated, that ( with permission of the parties) I send it to you for publication in anjr way you may think proper. Mary Barton, of Bolingbroke, in this county, aged sixty. seven, had been for twenty months afflicted in a violent decree with Rheumatic Gout. Her joints were so swollen, and her lingers contracted and stiffened to such an extent, that she was unable to get into or out of bed, or even to dress or undress herself, without assistance ; aud so excruciating was the pain and agony she endured, that sleep was to herself and husband almost a stranger. She despaired of relief, and much more of a cure, deeming her case hopeless. A benevolent gentleman residing in the village, hearing of her afflicted condition, visited her and presented to her a box of BLAIR'S PILLS, by taking half of which she was greatly relieved, and two boxes completely restored her; so that from being an afflicted helpless cripple, she is now blithe and hearty, being able to perform alt her household work in a manner that surprises her neighbours. For the truth of these statements I have permission to refer ( if by letter, po3t paid) to W, E. Emmit, Esq., and Mr, Thomas Brackenbury, draper and grocer, ( sub. agent for the sale of the Pills) both of Bolingbroke. Wishing health and long life to yourself, I remain, sir, your obedient servant, J. NOBLE, Agent at Boston. These Pills are taken without the least care or attention, by either sex, young or old, and have the peculiar property of entirely removing the disease, without debilitating the frame, which is universally left in a stronger and better state than before the malady commenced. And there is another most important effect belonging to this medicine— that it prevents the disease flying to the brain, stomach, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appointment, by Wood, Shillitoe, Sumner and Portal, Collins and Co., Humphries, Smith, Suffield, Flewitt, Ed- wards, Matthison, Gazette and Advertiser offices, Birming- ham ; Shillitoe, ( late Cowell) Westbromwich ; Turner and Hollier, and Morris, Dudley; Valentine and Thorsby, Wal- sall; Mander and Co., and Simpson, Wolverhampton; Davis, Atherstone ; Morgan, Lichfield ; Harding, Slliffnall; Pennell and Stewart, Kidderminster; Morris, Bewdley; Maund, Bromsgrove; Harper, Hodgkinson, Bayley and Roberts, Warwick; and all respectable medicine venders throughout the United Kingdom, price 2s. 9. per box. Ask for Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills ; and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, Lon- don," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each i box of the genuine medicine. MULREADDY'S COUGH ELIXIR. ONE dose is sufficient to convince the most scrupu- lous of the invaluable and unfailing efficacy of Mul- readdy's Cough Elixir, for the cure of coughs, colds, hoarseness, shortness of breath, asthma, difficulty of breathing, huskiness, and unpleasant tickling in the throat, night coHgh, with pain on the chest, & c. The paramount superiority of this medicine above every other now in use, for the cure of the above complaints, only requires to be known to prove the passport to its heing, ere long, universally made use of for the cure of every description of Pulmonary Affection. To those who are unacquainted with the invaluable pro- perties of Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, the following letters will exhibit its efficacy: — Manchester, Jan. 2nd, 1835. Dear Sir,— The cough medicine you sent rne is certainly a most surprising remedy; six days ago I was unable to breathe, unless with great difficulty, attended with much coughing, which always kept my soft palate relaxed, and in a state of irritation, and the more I coughed the worseit was, and it, in its own turn, produced a constant excitementof coughing. I am now about, to the wonder of my friends and neighbours, entirely free from cough. One small phial of your inestimable medicine, ten years hack; would have saved me not less than £ 3,000 in medical fees, but it would have done more— it would have saved my having had to swallow, from time to time, upwards of a hogshead of their nauseous, and, as they all proved, useless drugs. The agreeable flavour of the medicine is a great recommendation; I think you ought to put it up and sell it to the public, and if any one should doubt its efficacy, refer them tome. I shall have the pleasure of being with you in a few days, when I shall press on your consideration the propriety of making it up for sale ; it would prove an enormous fortune to your grand- children. If you make up your mind to do so, as I am what the world styles an idle man, you may enlist me in your service in any way that you think would be useful. But I should advise you to place the management in the hands of one of the gieat medicine houses in London. Hannay's, in Oxford. street, are beingadvertised in all the papers here, as wholesale agents - for Ramsbottom's Corn Solvent, which, by the bye, my girl3 all say is really a cure, and many other medicines. 1 should say this would be a very good house, Oxford street being one of the most public situations in Lon- don. All join me in kind remembrance to yourself aud Mrs. M. Believe me, yours, very truly, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. ROBERT GRANT. Golden Lion Hotel, Liverpool. Sir— To my astonishment, the other day, I had a visit from my old and esteemed friend, Mr. Hughes, whom Iliad notseen for many years, and still more so was I when, finding that I had a severe cough, he drew forth from his pocket a phial, a portion of the con- tents of which he insisted upon my swallowing instanter, and lef me the remainder, which I also took, and in the course of twenty- four hours I found myself quite free from even any tendency towards coughing; he now tells me that you are his oracle of health; I, therefore, beg leave to present my report at head. quarters, with many thanks, and trust that I may be able to prevail on you to let me have half, or a whole pint of the medicine to stow in my sea. chest, as I sail again for America in about ten days, and if 1 can, in return, afford you any service on the other side of the Atlantic, I am at your command; T. W. BUCHANAN. Master of the Brig Nancy, of Orleans, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. Birkenhead, Jan., 1835. Dear Sir,— The bottle of Medicine you left for me the other day has greatly relieved the wheezing I have been so long subject to ; and I do not now find the cold produce the sensation it used previous to taking your medicine; it used formerly to nip me on going out, aud I seemed as though I had a string run through my body, and ' he breast and back bones were drawn together. If you will be so good as to give me another bottle, I am sure it will work a perfect cure. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, T. Mulreaddy, Esg. NICHOLAS BROWN. Dear Sir,— The effect of your medicine, in curing our children of the Hooping Cough, has been like mngic, for which I, and Mrs. Wilson in particular, return our grateful acknowledgments, and the little W's shall not fail, ere long, to thank you in person. Rely on it, u our family you will be styled doctor in future. Believe me, yourp very sincerely, J. WILSON. Liverpool, Dec., 1834. My dear Sir,— You most assuredly deserve tlio thanks of society for presenting it with such an invaluable cure for Coughs. For years past, during the winter months, and always on foggy days, have I heretofore been compelled to confine myself a close and soli- tary prisoner in my library, to prevent the possibility of being tempted to join in conversation, the excitement of which always produced such violent paroxysms of coughing, that I have beeu in constant dread of sudden dissolution, by bursting of a blood- vessel. At the commencement of the present season, by your kind liberality, I com<- menced taking the medicine you sent, and have taken twelve bottles. After I had taken three, I could respire as vigourously as in the early part of my life, and I now believe that 1 was then perfectly cured— a cure not to have been expected at my advanced age, 80 years— but I persevered in taking it until I had consumed the whole twelve bottles. Your situation in life, I know, places you beyond the necessity of preparing an article of the kind for sale, but it must and shall be done, and if you neglect to do it, my sincere wish is that you may be lugged out of your retirement, aud compelled to provide it in quantities equal to the boundless waters; aud you may rely upon it, that I, a locomotive proof of its wonderful power, will spare neither time nor trouble to promulgate its efficacy, until you will find your cottage attacked by myriads of my former fellow- sufferers, for a share of your bounty, and I myself now apply for the first, trusting that your goodness will not suffer you to refuse me a pretty considerable quantity, and I promise to distribute it most usefully. Whenever you have made up for sale, send me one thou, sand bottles. Ever your sincere well- wisher, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. W. HUGHES. Chester, 12mo., 1834. Esteemed Friend,— Thou hast my sincere thanks for thy Samaritan present. Thy medicine has had the promised effect, and com- pletely cured my trying cough. If thou wilt let me have a quantity in a large bottle, I will, in return, enter thy name to any charitable institution thou wilt fix on. Thine, T. Mulreaddy, Eeq. JACOB ROBERTS. Mr. Mulreaddy begs to observe, that to publish copies of he whole of the letters he has received of the above tenor, would require several volumes. The selection here pre- sented he considers quite sufficient, but begs to say, that upon trial of his Cough Elixir, it will give itsftf the best recommendation. It will be sold by his appointment, whole- sale and retail, byhis agents, Messrs. HANNAY and Co., 63, Oxford- street, London ; and retail by every other respecta- ble vender of medicines in bottles at Is. l% d. each. Igg" Purchasers should observe that it is wrapped up in white paper, on which, in a blue label with white etters, are printed the words,— Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, pre- pared by Thomas Mulreaddy, Liverpool, and sold by his ap- pointment at Hannay and Co.' s, Patent Medicine Ware- house, 63, Oxford- street, London. Price Is. l% d. and 4s. 6d. Sold wholesale and retail by HANNAY and Co., 63, Oxford street, London, wholesale Patent Medicine Ven- ders and Perfumers to the Royal Family, where the public can be supplied with every patent and public medicine o{ repute; and also with the perfumes of all the respectable London perfumers, with an allowance on taking six or more of any other article at the same time. Sold by appointment by Maher, 5, Congreve- street, and Wood, bookseller, High- street, Birmingham; Parke, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, iNewcastle; and Merridew, Coventry. Printed and published by FRANCIS BASSET SHENSTONB FiiNnirr. L, of Lee Mount, in the parish of Edgbaston, at 38, New- street, Birmingham, where letters for the Editor maybe addressed, and where Advertisements and Orders will be received. ( All descriptions of Jobbing carefully and expeditiously executed.) Agents in Lon- don t Messrs. NEWTON and Co., 5, Warwick- square; and Mr. BARKER, 33, Fleet- street.— Saturday, November 25, 1837.